DR KING SMADE
@DrKINGSMADE
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Founder - @smadeevents @afronation @smadeparties
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Joined April 2009
An Evening in London with LIYA @Yes_Liya 🇬🇧✨ Tonight Join us for an intimate evening with Nigerian R&B star Liya, bringing together music, culture and great conversations and networking opportunities. 📍 BRIX LDN (London Bridge) 📅 Thursday, 12 March 2026 ⏰ 6PM – 10PM
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At the time, Dr Sid was moving strongly. His songs were ringing in clubs and his name carried real momentum across the Nigerian and diaspora scenes. The early Mavin Records era was shaping a polished Afropop sound that travelled easily into nightlife spaces across London. (9)
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But before the arenas and the global conversations, there were artists who helped carry the culture through an earlier phase. Artists whose music travelled through clubs, campuses and diaspora communities while the infrastructure was still forming. Artists like Dr Sid and Ice
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After that, more artists began to arrive. Wizkid in 2012. Davido in 2013. Olamide in 2014. Those moments matter, and they became important chapters in the culture. (7)
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In the years that followed, Afrobeats in the UK began to grow slowly through events, tours and festivals. In 2011, the Afrobeats Festival brought artists like Ice Prince, P-Square and Wizkid to the stage. It was one of the early moments where the sound started to feel like a
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But history does not start with sold-out venues. It starts with relationships. Real relationships. The kind built on trust, consistency and respect. The kind where people open doors for you because they know your intentions are genuine. (5)
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In 2009, I co-promoted the D’Banj Koko Concert at the Indigo2 in London. It was the first major artist show I was part of. That night changed something for me. Up until then, events felt like individual moments. That show made me realise this could become something bigger. It
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At the time, I was a broke student with a BlackBerry and big dreams. I spent my days walking into barbershops and African stores, collecting numbers and selling tickets. Sometimes I was doing it for free. I wasn’t thinking about recognition. I was learning the game. I watched
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The first time I saw D'Banj perform live, he opened with a sentence that stayed with me. “You don’t know me… but by the end, you gon know me.” He wasn’t wrong. I remember standing there watching him and feeling emotional. I think I even shed a tear. Something about that
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There’s no easy way to write this, so I’ll just say it plainly. I messed up. Stardom came into my life quickly. One minute I was dreaming about it, the next minute I was living it. And while the world was watching me grow, I was still trying to understand who I was inside that
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Read between the lines it’s not hard to tell if they fwu or not.
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Stop explaining yourself to strangers who are mostly unfulfilled and depressed. Acknowledging their insanity encourages them to throw more stones. #SEGA2026
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I want everything that belongs to me.
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