Olola Biography

Feola Olola

  Afro pop singer and songwriter Oluwanifemi Olufeolami Famuyibo popularly known as Feola Olola or Olola was born on 16 October 1996 in Felele, Ibadan the capital of Oyo State but hails from Ado-Ekiti. He is the middle child of Mr Olufemi Famuyibo, a Businessman and Contractor and Mrs Temitope Apejua Famuyibo, a trader. He was named “Olufela” by his father after the late Afro beats founder Fela Anikulapo Kuti, his father being a fan of the late Legend but the name was later changed to “Olufeolami” by his mother because she was of the opinion that the late artist lived a reckless life.

  He grew up listening to Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Tupac Shakur and  Sade Adu, He also listed Damian Marley, 2baba, D’banj, Wande Coal, Wizkid, Kendrick Lamar and Kizz Daniel as his musical influences. He recorded his first song on a laptop in his bedroom at the age of 15 with T.I.M.E, a group made up of him and 3 other school friends, that was the only song the group recorded prior to disbanding. He initially used Fela Olola as his stage name to pay homage to Fela Anikulapo, but later changed it to Feola in order to retain his identity as an artist, the name Olola means the one who owns wealth.

  He recorded his first official single ’Bless Me’ at age 18 and released it online on the 16^th of October 2015 as a way of celebrating his 19^th birthday, he recorded ‘Open Doors’ but released it January 2016, under Crunkyard, a management team he met and got signed to while studying Computer Science at the Federal University of Tech, Akure, he later won the ‘Next Rated Award’  in the FUTASU Awards. He followed it up by releasing ‘Long Time’ ft Superwozzy and Olazz which got him much backlash, because he released it exclusively on song selling platforms, a move Nigerians are not used to, He also recorded a cover of Yung6ix and Baddest Dj Timmy – Respek On My Name, which got him the attention and encouragement of the Dj. 

  In the year 2017 he dropped out from school to focus on his music after getting a record deal from Grind Records, a label co-owned by his Cousin, under the label he released Bless Me Video, but didn’t release another work for the remainder of the year, due to management issues in the record label, however he released ‘Adore You’ Audio and Visual February 2018, which got him a lot of airplay, he lost his father on the 23^rd of April, 2018.

  Due to a breakdown in the relationship between him and his cousin, his contract was terminated and he was released from the label. He later released a cover of ‘Wizkids Soco’ featuring Skidough Simba and Olta Skillz, and followed it up with a cover of 'Calvin Harris featuring PartyNextDoor – Nuh Ready'.