A Nigerian artist has become the first person to ever get a Yamaha endorsement in Africa as he signs a deal with the Yamaha Corporation.
Japan musical instruments corporation Yamaha subsidiary Yamaha Gulf FZE as the
first artiste signed in the whole of Africa in the Keyboard aspect, Punch Metro reports.
Wole Oni is the founder of Instinct
Productions.
The Ondo State born producer, music writer and arranger has worked in many countries
including Rwanda, South Africa, United Kingdom and the United States of America for several years writing and producing music for artists’ album projects, as well as
scoring various radios, television and film projects.
His first hit was producing “E wa fun mi ni visa” for Bembe Aladisa, but his first big break was producing the smash hit song
“Kosobabire” which gained massive air play all over the world and earned a KORA award
for Gospel songstress Folake Umosen.
One of the pecks Oni got from his new endorsement is the new age customized machine ” Montage 8
The artiste said Yamaha has been looking out for him for more than 10 years.
Some of the songs he also produced include, Midnight crew’s Igwe, Lara George’s Ijoba
Orun, and Kefee’s Thank you my God.
