Gospel music in Nigeria has gotten to reputable feat, thanks to many young and vibrant singers whose ingenuity and creativity have helped raised the bar. Their ministration through the gospel music has been top notch. No wonder, many of them are highly sought-after to perform at events, shows and concerts.
Notable among the wave-making gospel singers is Adesina Adedamola Oriola who is well known as Onibudo, by his stage name which was actually extracted from the title of my first hit album, Onibudo Iyanu. He runs his gospel music through Onibudo band side by side with the “Esteemed Band”, a separate music band he set up to perform at Owanbes.
The Mushin born and bred singer studied Business Management/Marketing at The Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti. He has been singing since his secondary school days. After graduating from the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, he decided venture into gospel music. He has no doubt grown his brand to repute as many churches, celebrities, corporate firms and even government bodies love to have him perform at their events. He is indeed a hot cake right now as he travels back to back across the nooks and crannies of Nigeria winning souls through his unique brand of music.
Damola is known for the versatility and dynamism brings into gospel music. He has been around for over 2 decades performing with a number of notable top musicians and instrumentalists. In an interview with Citypeople, Onibudo revealed how he started doing gospel music. He said:
“I started in a choir, I was born into a Muslim family, but one thing led to another and my mother and siblings had to convert to Christianity. We started attending First Baptist Church, now Vibrant Baptist Church, and I still attend that church. During the course of attending services and joining the choir, I met with a family called The Adeniyis. This family boasts a number of musicians. My love for music made me to move to their house. It was through that family that, I started my music career. “Most members of that family had something they do musically, either as, instruments or others, so I followed them to shows, and ministrations and I saw how they were doing it. From curiosity, I started learning and picking up one thing or the other, I grasped what they were doing and God has been faithful.
Talking about how he grew his brand from the scratch, Damola said:
“ I started as a teen and I later found a group called Shalon Band by picking people to come together to form a band. With invitations, we go to churches to minister, after which we produced our first album, entitled: ‘Onibudo Iyanu’. Three years later, we visited the studio and we released another album entitled: “Emi Orun” and then “Oga Titun”, “Diversities of Praise” followed by various series of singles like “Oluwa Ti Se”, “Onibudo Iyanu” and a mix of others. We have been to many churches for ministration and God has been faithful.
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