I regret not signing Olamide – Akon

<p>Senegalese-American singer Akon has regretted not signing Nigerian indigenous rapper, Olamide Adedeji, simply known as Olamide or Baddo, some years ago.</p>, <p>He said the YBNL boss was his favourite artiste back then.</p>, <p>In a Skype interview with OAP, Oladotun Ojuolape Kayode, aka Do2Tun, of Cool FM, Lagos, Akon said he regrets not signing the rapper.</p>, <p>“I would probably say the one person in Nigeria that I wish I had signed is Olamide. Honestly, I wish I had signed Olamide because he would have signed a lot of new artists anyway.</p>, <p>“Olamide was my favourite artist before he reinvented himself as a music executive. The first time we met, I told him he was my favourite artist,” Akon stated.</p>, <p>DAILY POST recalls that Akon once signed Nigerian music duo P-Square to his Konvict Music record label years ago.</p>