Falaye opens up on reason behind Asake’s exit from YBNL

Nigerian entertainment lawyer Oluyemisi Falaye has opened up on the reason why Afrobeats singer Asake left Olamide’s record label YBNL.

Falaye revealed that the singer felt cheated despite her advice against the record deal.

The lawyer explained that she had initially advised Asake against sigbing the record deal but he did not take the advice and rushed to take the deal.

Clearing Olamide’s name, Falaye explained that the YBNL boss had told Asake to get a lawyer to review the contract before signing.

“I remember when Olamide was going to sign Asake. He was so overwhelmed that he said to Olamide, ‘I’m not going to get a lawyer to review this agreement. YBNL wants to sign me, do you know how long I’ve been waiting? He had been around for the longest time before Olamide decided to sign him. Olamide told him, ‘Take the contract, go and give it to somebody to review it. So he brought it to me, and I said, ‘If you sign this agreement, you are going to assign your rights in perpetuity’. I advised him not to sign it,” she said.

Falaye also noted that the fallout between Asake and Olamide only occured because Asake did not understand the terms of the agreement. She revealed that he felt cheated and hurt.

“And he looked at me and said, ‘Are you kidding me? You said what? Did they send you? You want to pour sand in my garri.’He insulted me and called my bluff. Then he went back and told Olamide, ‘Look, I’m not going to…’ and right there, he signed it. And guess what? It didn’t particularly work for him. Because if it did, he would have renewed the agreement or at least been open to reviewing the terms. But he was so hurt, he felt cheated. Why should he feel cheated? He’s the one that didn’t understand the agreement,” she said.

Asake indirectly confirmed his swowration from YBNL in February by launching his own record label called Giran Republic.