Artist's albums
DND
2023 · EP
DND
2023 · single
PARIWO
2023 · single
Guy Man
2023 · single
NSV
2023 · single
Philo (Remix)
2023 · single
Ara (Gen Gen Tin)
2023 · single
Goodbye
2023 · single
Time (Remix)
2023 · single
Hypertension
2022 · album
Philo
2022 · single
Vibration
2022 · single
New Born Fela
2022 · single
Elevate (Remix)
2022 · single
Wild Party
2022 · single
Fvck Off
2022 · single
Jah Eli Jah
2022 · single
Many Things
2022 · single
Go German
2022 · single
Jonzing
2022 · single
My Friend
2022 · single
No Caution (Gbemidebe)
2021 · single
So Cold
2021 · single
Desire
2021 · single
High Tension 2.0
2021 · album
Money
2021 · single
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Biography
BELLA SHMURDA IS A CONSCIOUS AFROBEATS SINGER AND SONGWRITER HAILING FROM LAGOS, NIGERIA. AS THE “NEW VOICE OF THE STREET”, THIS INDEPENDENT ARTIST IS THE LEADER OF DANGBANA REPUBLIK: A COLLECTIVE OF STRONG-WILLED, STRAIGHT FORWARD CREATIVES, STUBBORN TO THE HUSTLE. THIS MULTIPLE AWARD WINNER IS DEDICATED TO SPEAKING THE TRUTH AGAINST ALL ODDS. BORN AHMED ABIOLA AKINBIYI ON 27 JANUARY 1996, BELLA SHMURDA COMES FROM A POLYGAMOUS FAMILY IN IKORODU, LAGOS. AS THE LAST BORN OF 10 CHILDREN, HIS JOURNEY INTO THE PERFORMING ARTS STARTED IN PRIMARY SCHOOL. WHILST HERE, HE PARTICIPATED IN CULTURAL DANCE AND SANG IN THE SCHOOL BAND BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO MUSIC PREFECT. HIS LOVE FOR MUSIC CONTINUED TO GROW AND IN 2011, HE PENNED HIS FIRST TRACK WHICH WAS A GOSPEL SONG! BELLA SHMURDA ATTENDED BOARDING SCHOOL IN BADAGRY, BEFORE MOVING TO OKOKOMAIKO. THIS TRANSITION EXPOSED HIM TO LIFE ON THE STREET. THOUGH HE GREW UP ON FUJI MUSIC, THE STRUGGLE INSPIRED HIS EARLY MUSIC. WHILST HIS MUM WORKED 12-HOUR SHIFTS, HE WOULD SECRETLY ATTEND STUDIO SESSIONS. AS A UNIVERSITY LECTURER HERSELF, SHE HEAVILY ENCOURAGED BELLA SHMURDA TO FOCUS ON HIS STUDIES, BUT HE HAD OTHER PLANS.