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ADEMOLA Segun ADEBAYO, KNOWN PROFESSIONALLY AS KING MOLA, IS A SEASONED MUSICIAN WITH A RICH HISTORY IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY. HIS JOURNEY BEGAN IN 2005, HONING HIS CRAFT AT LOCAL PALM WINE JOINTS. SINCE THEN, HE HAS EVOLVED INTO AN ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST. IN 2012, KING MOLA TOOK A PIVOTAL STEP BY ESTABLISHING HIS OWN LABEL, “HOUSE OF MUSIC EMPIRE,” A VENTURE OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED WITH CAC RC NO 1082886. THIS MARKED THE INCEPTION OF A VISIONARY ENTERPRISE THAT WOULD GO ON TO SHAPE HIS ARTISTIC JOURNEY. DURING THIS PERIOD, KING MOLA NURTURED THE TALENT OF SIX ARTISTS UNDER HIS LABEL, LEAVING AN INDELIBLE IMPRINT ON THE NASCENT STAGES OF THEIR CAREERS. IN 2013, HE WENT AHEAD TO SET UP HIS MAIDEN RECORDING STUDIO AT BABOKO, ILORIN KWARA STATE, WHICH BECAME THE BIRTHPLACE OF NUMEROUS MUSICAL CREATIONS.

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     ARTISTIC EVOLUTION

KING MOLA’S MUSICAL JOURNEY WAS IGNITED BY THE INDELIBLE INFLUENCE OF HIS LATE CHILDHOOD FRIEND, OWOJORI ADEYINKA. TOGETHER, THEY EMBARKED ON AN EXHILARATING JOURNEY, CRAFTING MELODIES UNDER THE SHELTERING CANOPY OF TREES, GATHERINGS IN SCHOOL AND SHOWCASING MORE OF THEMSELVES IN PALM WINE JOINTS.

FOR KING MOLA, MUSIC IS MORE THAN AN ENDEAVOR; IT IS AN INNATE GIFT, AN INTRINSIC PART OF HIS BEING. THE EARLY STAGES OF HIS JOURNEY WERE MARKED BY FORMIDABLE CHALLENGES, TIMES WHEN SELF-DOUBT AND CREATIVE HURDLES THREATENED TO OVERSHADOW HIS PATH. YET, THROUGH UNWAVERING DETERMINATION, KING MOLA EMERGED, A TESTAMENT TO THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF PERSEVERANCE.

HIS DEBUT SINGLE, “LOCAL LOVE,” WHICH FEATURED HIS LABEL SIGNEES AT THE TIME BOLSTERED HIS SELF-ASSURANCE
AND DETERMINATION TO CONTINUE IN HIS MUSICAL JOURNEY. WITH EACH SUBSEQUENT MUSICAL RELEASE, HIS SOUND EVOLVED AND DEMONSTRATED CONSISTENT IMPROVEMENT. PRESENTLY, HE HAS METAMORPHOSED INTO ONE OF THE MOST COVETED AFRO FUJI POP ARTISTS IN THE INDUSTRY.

                                 AWARDS
THROUGHOUT HIS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER, KING MOLA'S CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED WITH A PLETHORA OF AWARDS. WHILE HE REMAINS MODEST ABOUT HIS ACHIEVEMENTS, HIS COMMITMENT TO MUSICAL EXCELLENCE HAS GARNERED HIM A PLACE OF DISTINCTION IN THE INDUSTRY.

                               GENRE

KING MOLA’S DISTINCTIVE GENRE, APTLY TERMED “AFRO FUJI POP,” EXEMPLIFIES HIS VERSATILITY AND DEDICATION TO CREATING DIVERSE MUSICAL EXPERIENCES. IT IS A GENRE THAT SERVES AS A VIBRANT TAPESTRY INTERWEAVING ELEMENTS OF AFROBEAT, HIGHLIFE, FUJI AND HIP-HOP. HE POSSESS THE VERSATILITY TO PERFORM ACROSS A WIDE SPECTRUM OF MUSICAL GENRES. HIS CHOICE IS CONTINGENT UPON FACTORS SUCH AS THE PREVAILING MOOD, THE INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT, AS WELL AS THE UNDERLYING MESSAGE AND SOURCE OF INSPIRATION EMBEDDED WITHIN THE SONG.

 DISCOGRAPHY

KING MOLA’S DISCOGRAPHY READS LIKE A MUSICAL ODYSSEY, FEATURING A COLLECTION OF SINGLES THAT HAVE LEFT AN INDELIBLE MARK ON THE INDUSTRY. COLLABORATIONS WITH NOTABLE ARTISTS SUCH AS HOME, SKIIBII, ORITSE FEMI, YEMI SAX, AND FIOKEE BEAR TESTAMENT TO HIS ABILITY TO SEAMLESSLY TRAVERSE GENRES, ILLUSTRATING A DYNAMIC
RANGE THAT CAPTIVATES AUDIENCES.

KING MOLA’S FIRST EVER MUSIC “LOCAL LOVE” FEATURING HOME BOIZ, WAS RELEASED IN 2012. WENT AHEAD TO RELEASE MORE SONGS LIKE “MUST PAID” “MONEY” FT. HOME, “AFRICAN BOBO” FT. HOME “, LIVING LARGE” FT. HOME, “MABAELO” FT. HOME, “DURO”, “EVERYDAY” AND SOME MORE RECORDINGS THAT WERE NEVER RELEASED.

IN 2014, KING MOLA TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED RECORDING MUSIC TO CONCENTRATE ON OTHER BUSINESS VENTURES. UNFORTUNATELY, HIS MULTI-MILLION-NAIRA INVESTMENT WAS ENGULFED BY FIRE AND SUFFERED IRREPARABLE DAMAGE. THIS PIVOTAL EVENT LED TO A PROFOUND LOSS OF INTEREST IN MUSIC, PROMPTING HIM TO CHANNEL HIS ENERGY EXCLUSIVELY TOWARDS HIS BUSINESS PURSUITS.

AFTER A LONG HIATUS, KING MOLA MADE HIS RETURN TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN SEPTEMBER, 2017, WITH THE RELEASE OF THE SINGLE “MARIHANNA” FEATURING SKIIBII. THIS RESURGENCE CONTINUED WITH THE RELEASE OF “SWEET LOVE” IN NOVEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR. IN FEBRUARY 2018, HE UNVEILED HIS FIRST EP, “1ST HALF,” WHICH COMPRISED SIX TRACKS. HE INTENDED TO RELEASE A COMPLEMENTARY EP TITLED “2ND HALF” BUT SKIPPED IT. JUNE 2018 WITNESSED THE RELEASE OF THE SINGLE “ACCOLADES” FEATURING ORITSE FEMI. CONCURRENTLY, HE RELEASED AND DEDICATED A TRACK TITLED “LOBA LOBA” TO THE MONARCH OF HIS HOMETOWN, FURTHER CEMENTING HIS MUSICAL PRESENCE. AUGUST OF THE SAME YEAR SAW THE RELEASE OF THE SINGLE “UNBOTHERED,” FOLLOWED BY THE “ACCOLADES” REMIX FEATURING YEMI SAX AND FIOKEE.

IN SEPTEMBER 2018, “WINNER” EMERGED AS HIS LATEST SINGLE, COMPLEMENTED BY THE “ACCOLADES” SAX VERSION FEATURING YEMI SAX. DECEMBER USHERED IN THE RELEASE OF THE SINGLE “PARTY STARTA”. JANUARY 2020 WITNESSED THE UNVEILING OF “MONEY,” WHILE FEBRUARY OF THE SAME YEAR MARKED THE RELEASE OF HIS VERY FIRST ALBUM, “AFROSTAR,” COMPRISING 16 TRACKS.
IN 2021, THE SINGLE “TONIGHT” WAS ADDED TO HIS GROWING DISCOGRAPHY. OCTOBER OF THE SAME YEAR WITNESSED THE RELEASE OF HIS SECOND EP, “JOYMENT,” CONSISTING OF SIX TRACKS FEATURING MAUA SAMA. SEPTEMBER 2023 SAW THE INTRODUCTION OF ANOTHER EP TITLED “LIFESTYLE,” FEATURING SIX TRACKS. HE RECENTLY RELEASED A NEW BODY OF WORK TITLED AFRO FUJI POP ON 11/11/ AND HIGHLIFE IS EXPECTED 12/12. ANTICIPATE

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