Veteran Nigerian rapper and record producer, Jude Abaga popularly known as MI Ababa has announced his exit from Chocolate City to flaunt his own record label “Incredible Music”.
After 13 year in Chocolate City, MI Abaga made the announcement today, March 6, 2020, that he is leaving the label to flaunt his new self-owned record label.
In 2007, MI Abaga joined Chocolate City and in 2015, he assumed the role of CEO. Under the label, he released nine projects – five albums, three mixtapes and one playlist. In 2008, he released his critically acclaimed and impactful debut, ‘Talk About It’. In 2010, he released his magnus opus, MI2: The Movie.
In Incredible Music, MI Abaga has released his 10th studio project, Judah The EP – it is also his first release under Incredible Music. You might remember that on September 13, 2019, it was revealed that MI Abaga vacated his position as the CEO of Chocolate City. This came after Chocolate City announced its deal with Warner Music. Audu Maikori stepped back into the role which he vacated in 2015.
On announcing his exit from the record label, he said,
“There is a lot of truth in my new EP the “Judah EP”
1. I had a dream that CBN would be the greatest group the world had ever seen.. it was on me.. and today I announce my decision to finally let go and move on to something new! Thank you for your support and love for 13 years.. and if your still with me!! Let’s go”
You can watch the announcement of his exit below;
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9YbbHupxzh/?utm_source=ig_embed
Calling everyone I the entertainment industry!!! Let's get involved! Have a conversation and take a stand..Tuesday March 10th Kairos Hub Lekki!! Entertainment National Conference on Shrinking Civic Space #LeaveOurSocialMediaAlone pic.twitter.com/R8hkr77hFt
— The Guy (@MI_Abaga) March 5, 2020
In other news, Veteran Nigerian singer and record label boss, 2 Baba has revealed that he did not do much for former record label signee, Dammy Krane. 2 Baba made this known via a DM he sent to the former signee.
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