Brymo
Sign in to saveAlso known as Olawale Ashimi, Olawale Oloforo, Olawale Ibrahim Ashimi
Ọlawale Ọlọfọrọ (; born Olawale Ibrahim Ashimi; 9 May 1986), better known as Brymo, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, sonic artist, actor and author. Born and raised in Okokomaiko, he started recording music in 1999 while in secondary school. Brymo's debut album, Brymstone (2007), was supported by the single "Shawty". He signed a recording contract with music label Chocolate City in 2010, but was accused of breaching his contract nearly three years later. Brymo's second studio album, The Son of a Kapenta, was released in 2012 and yielded the singles "Ara", "Good Morning", and "Go Hard".
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- 1
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Nigeria
- Active from
- 1981
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- 9,903
- Total plays
- 215,604
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Brymo refers to at least 2 acts: 1. Brymo (born Ashimi Olawale) is a Nigerian singer, composer, songwriter and recording artist signed to the Chocolate City music label 2. Brymo (Bryan Kim) is a Singer/Songwriter from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Originally trained classically on the violin, viola, and piano, later discovered rock and roll, eventually learning the bass guitar. After a few bands, he started picking up all kinds of instruments and learned how to play them to his favourite songs.
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Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Brymo
- Musical artist.image
- Brymo NdaniSessions image 1.png
- Musical artist.caption
- Brymo performing "Let Us Be Great" for Ndani Sessions in November 2018
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Olawale Ashimi
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Okokomaiko, Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1999–present
- Musical artist.label
- Independent
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Nigeria
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Lagos State University
- Languages spoken
- Nigerian Pidgin
- Genre
- folk music
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.brymolawale.com
- Image
- Brymo NdaniSessions image 1.png
- Number of children
- 1
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- date of birth
- 1986-05-09
- Commons category
- Brymo
- start of work period
- 1999-00-00
- social media followers
- 408464
- net worth
- 3500000
- pseudonym
- brymo
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