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Fast rising Nigerian
artiste, Dammy Krane, real name Oyindamola Johnson Emmanuel, will on August 21,
2014, release his debut album.
Titled: ‘Enterkraner,’ the
album has beautiful tracks (his new singles) including ‘Amin,’ ’ Sabi Dance,’
‘In Case of Incasity,’ featuring Davido and so on, were produced by Spellz.
Signed
on Hypertek Digital and 960 Music Group alongside superstars like 2Face Idibia,
RockSteady and Sir Victor Uwaifo, Dammy Krane, while hanging out with the press
last Monday, July 28, 2014 at Spice Out, Victoria Island, Lagos, disclosed that
he showed a passion for music quite early in life, at the age of six but
started doing music, professionally in 2010. “I started writing my songs from
the age of six,” said Dammy Krane.
Born on December 10, 1993, the
multitalented singer whose kind of music cuts across all genres
but dwells more on 21st Century Fuji, said he loves fuji because he started hearing fuji music early in life.
“My mother, Oluwakemi Osodi, was an event manager for a fuji artiste before she
travelled out of the country.”
Known for churning out fine
tunes, the composer and brilliant performer has worked with some of Nigeria’s popular
artistes including 2Face, Davido and Olamide, among others.
Already
taking the music industry by storm, Dammy Krane has dropped hits singles like ‘My
Dear,’ ‘Uni Girls,’ ‘Lobatan,’ ‘Ligali,’ ‘I Like Girls,’ ‘Throw Back,’ ‘Below,’
‘Falila’ and so on. Some of these songs are dance tracks, wedding and love
songs.
Whoever sees Dammy Krane
would think he is 2Face’s younger brother.
He reveals that God
orchestrated his meeting with 2Face. “Since then, I have been following his
steps, and at the same time honing my skills with hard work and obedience which
2Face taught me. He tells me that he sees himself in me.”
Dammy Krane said God and
environment led him to music. “I would have been a medical doctor or a caterer
(because I love cooking) if I was not into music.”
He believes that the sky is
his stepping stone as he is warming up to dominate the world music scene.
Meanwhile, the Chief
Executive Officer of 960 Music Group, Mark Redguard, has reiterated the group’s
commitment towards creating lasting structure in Nigeria.
“Nigeria has a lot of
music companies and record labels without structure, so the idea of 960 Music
Group is to create structures in the industry in terms of funding, marketing
and promotions. We are doing that not in
only Nigeria but also in some sub-Sahara Africa and other continents,” said
Redguard.
The seasoned professional
head of 960 Music Group, who became the company’s CEO in May 2014, revealed
that the company started operations in 2013.
Born and brought up in
Jamaica, another music centre like Nigeria, he believes that coming to Nigeria
is like an extension. “I have been to Nigeria before. With my capacity as CEO
and Chief Marketing Officer, I understand the kind of music that comes out of
Nigeria.”
Commenting on
relationships between managers and artistes, he said that a lot of times, some
managers have good intentions towards artistes in terms of funding, but problem arises when the artiste may not
have the talents but we have funds and solid marketing plans so we will always
meet the needs of our artistes.
“Right now, we have two
labels – 960 Music Group and Hypertek. Under Hypertek, we have 2Face, Sir
Victor Uwaifo, Dammy Krane and so on. We also have Aristocrat Label which has
Burna Boy, Ozone, Pucado and many others. “Because music business is very risky, we make
sure that the artistes we work with have already proven themselves in the music
industry. So when we come in, we come with extra funding, extra marketing and
extra promotion to take them to next level. We are not looking for rookies but we
are working with labels that have proved themselves so that we keep supporting
them and putting them in international stage and organizing shows for them in
the Diaspora and in the Sub-Saharan Africa. In a nutshell, we manage sub-labels,”
he added.
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