Adekunle Gold Net Worth, Biography, Profile, Assets, Endorsements, Deals, Songs, Collaborations

In this post we take a closer look at Adekunle Gold net worth, biography, profile, assets, endorsements, deals, songs, collaborations.

Nigerian singer, song writer, graphic artist and sculptor Adekunle Kosoko, popularly known as Adekunle Gold is an artist whose genre of music is a combination of urban high life and R&B. He was born in January 1980 as a prince of the royal Kosoko family in Isale Eko, Lagos state, Nigeria.

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Adekunle Gold Education and Early Life

He is the only son of his parents and has three sisters (one is late). He bagged a national higher diploma (HND) in arts and design from the Lagos state Polytechnic.

Adekunle Gold Music Career

The singer developed an interest in music while listening to King Sunny Ade and Ebenezer Obey’s music which his father often played, he also sang in his church choir in his teenage years.

When he was only fifteen years old, he wrote his first song. He was inspired by a sermon in church to add Gold to his name.

Adekunle Gold belong to a music band called ‘The Bridge’ he formed it with a while he was in school, together they released four singles. The Bridge also featured Skales and GT the guitarman. He finally went solo in 2013 and released his first single as a solo artist ‘Sade’.

The single was all over the entertainment industry, it got good airplay on radio stations and received very positive reviews from critics as his fan base began to grow.

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The success of “SADE” was quite encouraging and a door opener, it earned the singer a contract with Olamide’s YBNL music label, the so her was reluctant in signing the contract but the order was quite juicy and he eventually signed it.

Prior to this, Adekunle Gold who is a good at graphics and designs had an already existing relationship with Olamide, he had earlier designed logos for YBNL entertainment before the contract with them.

In the same year, he also released “Let it stop’ a song that reflects the need to maintain peace and order in the society and nation.

His next single ‘Orente’ was released under YBNL, this too was as successful as ‘SADE’. The singer’s selling point is his ability to tell beautiful stories through sonorous sounds.

He admits that Sade was written based on his personal love experience but like most bodies of art, it is a combination of reality and fiction.

When he finally made and released videos for his two hit songs in 2015, his fans and the general public were eager accept them. Adekunle finally released his debut album titled ‘Gold’ in 2016, it was produced by master kraft, pheelz and seyi keys.

The sixteen tracked album topped charts for months and like his previous singles got positive reviews. At the expiration of his contract with Olamide’s YBNL Nation, he unveiled his own live band ‘The 79th Element’ a name that represents the atomic number of Gold. His decision to incorporate a live band into his brand, he claims is a directive from God on how to boast his career.

In 2015, he was number three on the list of the most searched person on Google in Nigeria after being famous for photo shopping himself into photos of other Nigerian celebrities. This earned him the moniker “King of Photoshop”.

Adekunle Gold is very passionate about making clean and motivational music, he feels no pressure to change the lyrics of his songs which are written to communicate messages that are pivotal to social change and issues that society can relate with and learn from.

The singer also believes that a true hit song is a song that does not lose its value, relevance and appeal years after it is recorded.

The singer is in a relationship with the beautiful ‘Jamb question‘ crooner Simi. Although they both tried to shield their relationship from prying fans and the public by labelling it as just friendship, it still became generally known a while later. They both made a single from the Gold album titled “No forget”.

The chemistry between these two in this single and love ballad is very evident. In April 2017, admitted on his twitter handle that he wrote his hit song “Orente” for his girlfriend Simi. They were together in a private beach in Lagos on a holiday and do celebrate each other by their social media pages.

Simi also co – produced and mixed ‘Sade’, ‘Orente’, and ‘Pick Up’ from his debut album “Gold”. He mentioned in an interview that has ideal woman is a woman who knows what she wants and goes for it as he dislikes people who are laid back. Simi perfectly fit the description of his ideal woman.

The singer has featured in a movie titled “The CEO” produced by actor and producer Kunle Afolayan.

The singer is a lover of prints, he is always clothed in beautiful African prints that communicates our rich cultural heritage.

He revealed in an interview that whenever he dresses in his prints outside Nigeria, people work up to him in admiration of his outfits and some even request for them.

Adekunle Gold Songs and Collaborations

The singer has recorded just one studio album in 2016 but already had several massive hits to his name and artistic profile. In 2014, he released ‘Sade’ and in 2015, he released ‘Orente’ and ‘Pick Up’.

In 2016 he was able to release ‘My life’ and ‘Friend Zone’ and in this year, 2017 he has released ‘Call on me’ and ‘Fight for you’. He has collaborated with Simi, Jon Ogah, Sola Allyson, Aramide, Niyola and many others.

Adekunle Gold Deals and Endorsements

Adekunle Gold recently became the ambassador for sickle cell alongside Zahra Buhari the daughter of president Muhammed Buhari. The singer makes good money from his well acclaimed music.