FOLA
Afro Fusion · Afrobeats
FOLA is Afolarin Odunlami, a Nigerian singer and songwriter born on 26 April 1999. He broke through with his first single, "Ginger Me" featuring Bella Shmurda,…
Biography
FOLA is Afolarin Odunlami, a Nigerian singer and songwriter born on 26 April 1999. He broke through with his first single, “Ginger Me” featuring Bella Shmurda, in March 2022, and followed it with “Cool Me Down”, “Bella” and “First Things First”.
“Alone” with BhadBoi OML (2024) reached number 7 on the UK Afrobeats chart, and its remix with BNXN went to number 1 on Nigeria’s Official Streaming Songs chart. He signed with Dangbana Republik in October 2024 and released the what a feeling EP that December. In 2025 he was on Zlatan’s “Get Better”, which reached number 2 on the TurnTable Top 100, and on DJ Tunez’s “One Condition” with Wizkid, before his debut album, catharsis, in September.
In January 2026 “Paparazzi” with Shoday became his first number 1 on the Official Nigeria Top 100. He sings on “B4 B4” with Davido and Mayorkun from Davido’s Oriadé (July 2026), and released the album 9 in October 2026.
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