Adekunle Gold was born Adekunle Almoruf Kosoko on 28 January 1987, and he is a Nigerian Afrobeats singer and songwriter.
He came into the Nigerian musical limelight after releasing his 2015 hit single titled “Sade”, a highlife cover of the song “Story Of My Life” by One Direction.
In the same year, precisely 5th March, he signed a record deal with the YBNL Nation record label where he released his debut studio album titled “Gold”. The album was peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard world chart and it precede the release of his 3 hit singles titled “Sade”, “Orente” and “Pick Up”.
Recently,, Adekunle Gold revealed to a media house in Nigeria that prior to his signing with YBNL, he was the one who designed the record label’s official logo as well as completed other designs for the CEO of the record label, Olamide and other artists in the label like Lil Kesh, Viktoh etc.
Having identified Adekunle Gold as a member of the YBNL record label, so many people are seeking to know if he is still signed to the imprint, and that in essence is what we are going to reveal in this post.
So I hope you will sit tight and read it to the very end.
Is Adekunle Gold signed to YBNL?
Adekunle Gold is no longer signed to YBNL record label because his contract with the label expired in 2019. After the expiration of his record contract with YBNL Nation, Gold started his own label known as Afro Urban Records where he released two albums, “About 30” in 2018 and “Catch Me If You can” in 2022.
Is Adekunle Gold Signed To Def Jam Recordings?
Adekunle Gold is currently signed to Def Jam recordings, this development was disclosed by the CEO of the record label, Tunji Balogun to Billboard.
His record contract with Def Jam started since 2023, where he released his fifth studio album titled “Tequila Ever After”.
Def Jam recordings is an American multinational record company which is owned by Universal Music Group. It is headquartered in Manhattan, New York City.
The label also has a UK arm known as 0207 Def Jam as well as African arm known as Def Jam Africa. The African arm overseas branches in Johannesburg in South Africa and Lagos State in Nigeria.
