She began her musical journey in an all-girl group by the name Noty Spices in 2005. Her first single is “Fimisile” that she released under the Jus’ Kiddin’ label. She then signed onto the music label, Effyzzie Music Group in 2012, and released her single “Ghen Ghen Love”. In 2013, July, Alade released the video for her Afro-R&B song “Bamboo”, produced by Fliptyce. The song became a popular wedding song and a moderate hit.
Her other single, “Johnny”, was leaked to the internet in the last quarter of 2013 and quickly it became an international hit in countries like Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Liberia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, and the United Kingdom, among others. At the time it had no accompanying music video.
She has also been featured on the covers of several magazines and performed around the world, sharing stages with artistes like Mary J. Blige, Shina Peters, M.I, Wizkid, Becca, May D, Waje and Yemi Sax.
In March 2014, Alade teamed up with cinematographer Clarence Peters to create a music video for “Johnny”, which was released to much critical acclaim. It has over 90 million views on Youtube as of 2018. Alade joined M.I, Waje, Timi Dakolo, and Burna Boy in singing the theme song for Port Harcourt, the UNESCO 2014 World Book Capital, as part of a project urging young people to read and stay in school. She has continuously released songs that become instant hits and is considered one of the best musical stars from Africa.
Yemi Alade Age
She was born on March 13, 1989 in Abia State, Nigeria. She is 29 years old as of 2018.
Yemi Alade Family
Alade comes from a family of seven children where she is the fifth child. Her father, James Alade is of Yoruba origin while her mother Helen Uzoma is of Igbo origin resulting in her being referred as a “Yoruba-Igbo girl”.
She attended St Saviour British Primary School, then went on to Victory Grammar School, Lagos, before obtaining a degree in Geography at the University of Lagos.
