Nigerian recording artiste, Ololade Ahmed has explained why he preferred his mother’s name, ‘Asake‘ to serve as his on stage pseudonym.

The singer-songwriter who is otherwise known as Mr Money has been described as one of the bestselling Nigerian musicians since he made his mainstream debut in 2022.

“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,” he said.

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The singer said he decided to go by the stage name because it was cool.

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The Nigerian singer-songwriter disclosed this in Pause Magazine’s Autium 2023 edition.

He also said he would continue to sing in Yoruba.

“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,” he said.