Why I use my mother’s name – Singer Asake

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Afrobeat singer, Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has revealed how he got his stage name.

In an interview with Pause Magazine’s Autumn 2023 edition, he said his stage name is actually his mother’s name.

According to him, he was referred to as ‘Omo Asake’ which simply means the child of Asake, before his fame. He said people had started calling him Asake afterwards and the name stuck.

He also talked about his indigenous language and how he hopes to keep singing in his Yoruba language.

Asake said, “My stage name is actually my mother’s. While I was in the cultural group, people used to call me ‘Omo Asake’ which means child of Asake in Yoruba.

“And after a while, it just stuck. People stopped adding the ‘omo’ and left ‘Asake’. I thought it was cool and decided to go by it.”

Speaking about his love for his indigenous language, he said, “It is very important to me, and I am not going to lose it. It is what has brought me this far, and I continue to keep it that way.”

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