ID Cabasa

Olumide Ogunade professionally known as ID Cabasa is a Nigerian music producer and singer.^[1] He is the founder of Coded Tunes, the record label that signed Olamide, 9ice, 2Shotz, Reminisce, Lord of Ajasa, Ajayi Brovas, 2Phat, Seriki and Banky W.^[2]

ID CABASA
Background information
Birth name	Olumide Ogunade
Born	(1975-07-29) 29 July 1975 (age 49) Lagos State, Nigeria
Genres	Afrobeats Afropop
Occupations	Record producer record executive
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Coded Tunes Africa
Spouse	Sijuade Ogunade ​ (m. 2007)​

Early life and education

ID CABASA was born Olumide Ogunade in Lagos, Nigeria, on 29 July 1975, he was the third child in a family of four, he started making music by the side as a teenager and a student in St Finbarrs college Akoka back in the late 80s in Afrodicia Record Studio formerly known as Peca, the studio that produced legendary artistes like the late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Ebenezer Obey, King Sunny Ade, Sir Shina Peters, Barrister, Onyeka Owenu and others. He used to walk down to the studio to see how things were done, it’s was not far from his house in Akoka. To further his education, He went to the Lagos State University to study Economics then proceeded for his Master’s degree in Management Economics from the University of Lagos, But professionally, ID CABASA started making music in 2003 after he graduated from Lagos state university, he worked in the banking sector briefly before he left to fully focus on music production.^[3]

Coded Tunes

In 2002, ID Cabasa had formed the label Coded Tunes, then collaborated with 2phat, Lord of Ajasa and MC Spakoto form a clique called, The Smiling Head Soldier which was headed by 2phat. Furthermore, they had different music squads coming over to the studio to make music with them, this squad was massive at the time, and they were called, Yabtown Squad which was where Reminisce originated from. It was a clique of both rappers and singers and some of them were Cabasa’s juniors in secondary school. From vibing and creating music, they decided to create something larger than being a Smiling Head Soldier or Yabtown Squad, remembering the name of the studio that brought them together was Coded Tunes. So, that was how the label Coded Tunes started.^[4]

References

1. Ajose, Kehinde (8 January 2022). "I don't know how to manage artistes –ID Cabasa". The Punch. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
2. Olowoyo, Ghaniyah (19 May 2020). "Why many Nigerian record labels are folding up – Id Cabasa". Premium Times. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
3. "I don't know how to manage artistes –ID Cabasa". punchng.com – Punch Newspapers. 2 February 2020.
4. "The real secrets behind Olamide, 9ice's success–MUSIC PRODUCER ID CABASA". thenationonlineng.net – The Nation Newspapers. 2 June 2018.