I am still marveled at the growth of the Nigerian music industry because during my early days, that was the 90’s and 2000’s, the music industry here in Nigeria was nothing but a mere child’s play.
I remember how I would travel all the way from my home town in Akwa Ibom to Calabar, Aba and Lagos in search of a recording studio to make my music.
This was because recording studio was so scarce, and I can vividly remember that the only one I found in Uyo could not give me even 10% of the high-quality production I was looking for.
But today, apart from recording studios being everywhere, record labels have also sprang up here and there and opened opportunities for talented artists in the country to join. In fact, every successful artists in Nigeria will always end up starting their record labels in no time.
Even online content creators have also joined the train, an example is Opueh records recently founded and managed by a renowned content creator known as Geh Geh.
One the outstanding record labels we have here in Nigeria today is known as Dapper records, and on this post we are going to look at who is Dapper in the Nigerian music industry. But before we do so, let us look at the owner of the Dapper record label in Nigeria.
Who owns the Dapper record label in Nigeria?
Dapper record label is owned by the Dapper Group, which was founded in 2018 by Akinwunmi to promote African music.
Who is Dapper in the Nigerian music industry?
Dapper”, is the Chief Executive Officer of one of the best record labels in Nigeria known as Dapper music, a subsidiary of the Dapper Group.
His real name is Akinwunmi Damilola and he was born in southwestern Nigeria, Also known as Dapper Damm, he discovered his passion for the music business very early in life and did not waste time to pursue a career in the Nigerian music industry as a music mogul.
He enrolled in the University of Lagos where he earned a degree in Sociology and began working in talent management and media relations, and this helped him to gain valuable experience in the music industry, and his journey so far has been marked with the discovery and mentorship of Dotman, whom he guided to mainstream success.
The afore-mentioned success marked his initial entry into the music business which led him to finding Dvpper Digital as a music distribution company.
As the CEO and founder of Dapper Music, he has brought several artistes to the limelight and some of them include: Omah Lay, Seyi Vibez, Ice Prince and Shallipopi. Dapper music is attributed the distribution credit for Seyi Vibez’s debut album, “Billion Dollars Baby”, which amassed over 118 million streams on Apple and Spotify; and over 680 million streams on Audiomack
