ID Cabasa, a veteran record producer and music executive, reminisced about Olamide’s departure from his record label, Coded Tunes.
ID Cabasa, known as Olumide Ogunade, revealed during an episode of the ‘Afrobeats Podcast’ that he was emotional when Olamide decided to part ways.
Despite trying to convince him to stay, ID Cabasa ultimately respected Olamide’s decision and gave him his blessings as he left the label.
He said, “Olamide was 13 years old when I met him. He came to my studio with a friend who wanted to feature him on a song. His friend was not good musically. Olamide was quiet and unassuming. I gave him a beat, and he did 16 bars that changed everything. Olamide became more like a son to me.
“When he was about to leave my record label, we sat down to discuss it. It was painful to me. It wasn’t the pain of not wanting him to progress; it was the pain of seeing someone you love leave. I cried.
“I said, ‘Olamide, you should’ve waited o!’ He said, ‘Bros, I want to do something, and I’m sure, by your code, we might not be able to do some of them.’ We didn’t have a fight. I gave him my full blessings.”
Olamide left Coded Tunes in 2012 and launched his record label, YBNL Nation.
