THE GROWING PROFILE OF YEMI ALADE

Yemi Eberechi Alade, better known as Yemi Alade, is a Nigerian Afropop singer, songwriter, actress and activist.

She won the Peak Talent Show in 2009 after which she was signed to Effyzzie Music Group, and had a hit with her single “Johnny” in 2014.Since then Yemi has gained prominence in the music industry and considered one of the biggest artists in Africa.

Recently, a video of Yemi Alade paying a courtesy visit to Awilo Logomba, a music legend, has gone viral on social media.

Yemi, in the video, is seen having a good time with the Congolese star as they share a drink and dish out some dance moves.

Recall that, the Africa championing diva, Yemi in 2017, featured in one of Awilo Logomba’s single titled “Rihanna”.

Alade was raised in a multi-ethnic home from Nigeria, Her father James Alade was a commissioner of police from Ondo State, Nigeria while her mother Helen Uzoma is a native of Abia State, Nigeria. According to Yemi, She taps from the Igbo and Yoruba ethnicities of her parents. Alade attended secondary School at Victory Grammar School, Ikeja, and the University of Lagos, (both in Lagos, Nigeria).

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