Real reason I am using my mother’s name – Asake

In Pause Magazine’s Autumn 2023 edition, Ahmed Ololade, a well-known Nigerian Afrobeat singer, who goes by the name Asake, discussed his decision to use his mother’s name as his stage name.

According to him, he chose this stage name because he believes it exudes a cool vibe.

“My stage name is actually my mother’s. While I was in the cultural group, people used to call me ‘omo Asake,’ which means child of Asake in Yoruba. And after a while, it just stuck. People stopped adding the ‘omo’ and left ‘Asake.’ I thought it was cool and decided to go by it,” he said.

He also said he would continue to sing in Yoruba.

“It is very important to me, and I am not going to lose it. It is what has brought me this far, and I continue to keep it that way,” he said.