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Azeez Adeshina Fashola, widely recognised under the stage name Naira Marley, is a Nigerian performer, songwriter, record label executive, and entrepreneur.
Since emerging as a mainstream artist in 2018, he has cultivated one of the most recognisable and fiercely loyal fanbases in contemporary Nigerian music, a collective his followers call the Marlians. His sound cuts across street pop, afrobeats, dancehall, afroswing, and rap, placing him at a crossroads of styles that few artists in the space have occupied with the same consistency.
Naira Marley's rise followed the success of releases including "Issa Goal," "Am I A Yahoo Boy," "Soapy," and "PXTA. He has worked with Olamide, Lil Kesh, Zlatan, Mayorkun, Falz, Simi, Young Jonn, Zinoleesky, and MohBad.
His track "Soapy" brought formal industry recognition when it won the Viewers' Choice award at the 2020 Soundcity MVP Awards Festival, marking one of the defining milestones of his career.
Record Label associated with Naira Marley - past and current.