Yesterday, the 23rd of November 2025, made it ten years since Olamide released “Don’t Stop”, a dance-ready jam that compels a damsel not to quit dancing and have a good time. A decade later, Baddo (as he’s fondly called), hasn’t slowed down a bit. In the ten years since, he has released nine albums, become a music executive, signed global artists like Fireboy DML and Asake, and received Grammy nominations.
Olamide hasn’t stopped performing either. On the anniversary of “Don’t Stop”, the Afrobeats legend sold out OVO Arena Wembley and filled it up with his fans, passionately singing his lyrics back to him.
From his entrance and reunion with his former artists on stage to a tribute to an older Nigerian music legend, Olamide Baddo delivered an impressive two-hour performance to his audience in the UK.
Olamide’s grand entrance
In a bourgeois style, Olamide appeared on the OVO Arena Wembley stage: styled in a suit and pulled in a vintage car that looks like a 1958 Jaguar XK150. His entire entrance simply implied his “big-boy” arrival in London. And like that old saying goes: When in Rome, act like Romans. Olamide Baddo cosplayed the wealthy corporate-lad Londoner look, while delivering jams straight out of Lagos, Nigeria.
The YBNL Mafia
Badoo brought out his former YBNL artists, such as Lil Kesh, Pheelz, and Asake — whom he rocked the stage with, performing songs like “Shoki”, “Amapiano” and “99”. Fireboy DML, who’s still signed to Olamide’s YBNL record label, was present, but didn’t perform.
Olamide and Asake
His performance with Asake extinguished the rumours and flames of bad blood. This is their first reunion on stage since Asake left YBNL. It was a significant moment that showcased Olamide’s admirable leadership and cordiality with his signees, both past and present.
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Olamide brought more acts
Olamide’s artists weren’t the only ones present at the event. He had a lineup of established and rising stars, including Lojay, Joeboy, Seyi Vibez, Darkoo, Soundz, Ashidapo, and Daecolm (who featured on Olamide’s “99”).
Asake and Seyi Vibez
Asake and Seyi Vibez’s warm interaction at Olamide’s Wembley show puts to rest the gossip that both artists aren’t friendly.
This was one of their rare interactions, coming after two years of comparisons due to their Fuji and Islamic music influences, and street style. At some point, fans of both have accused one of imitating the other, often leading stan wars on social media platforms like X and Instagram.
Hopefully a collaboration soon, good sirs?
Olamide checked on fan
Olamide stopped the music while performing to ask security to check on a fan who wasn’t looking well.
He threw shots
In the middle of performing “Lambebe”, the jam he made with music producer Major Bangz in 2014, Olamide took a breather, leaving the multitude to sing.
The whole arena sang and echoed the lyrics to the song. It was an infectious head-swell moment that prompted Olamide to say, before he jumped to perform “Stupid Love”, that: “Won de wi pe baba iya won ni fans. Won ni sorire.” His statement is subliminal and a brag to anyone who thinks he has fallen off, to come and see him on a big stage, with thousands of fans in London, singing his old and new jams, word for word.
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Special nod to Fuji music
Olamide paid a heartwarming tribute to Fuji music by performing renditions of some Fuji hit songs. He did a rendition of Pasuma’s “Importer and Exporter” and Wasiu K1 Ayinde’s “Omo Naija.”
He also performed Obesere’s “Osha Mo Condition Ti Mo Wa” from the Fuji legend’s Life In Europe album. These moments exemplify the impact and current resurgence of Fuji in contemporary Nigerian music.
Olamide turned the concert into a Tungba gathering and even told the audience to take off their jackets and dance.
Olamide performed an unreleased
Another special treat here as Olamide performed an unreleased love song, before he segued into “Rock”, another romance single in his discography.
He performed OG hits too
Olamide performed his old hot songs such as “Stupid Love”, “Motigbana”, “Melo Melo”, “The Money” featuring Davido, and “Wo” (the show’s closer).
Reactions
From fans to music critics and industry veterans like Joey Akan, Ayomide Tayo (AOT2) to ID Cabasa, the praise of Olamide is a current conversation.
