Adekunle Gold<\/a> is hailed for making one of the most exciting evolutions in contemporary Nigerian music. The past four years have marked the singer\u2019s discreet progression from highlife predilection to a now chiseled, long-haired pop sensation, with millions more streams and sold out international venues to match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite resorting to a day job in the financial sector, his rise is merely by happenstance as he\u2019d orchestrated a liaison with the music scene through his service as a graphic artist and brand specialist. At one point, he was touted as the \u201cKing of Photoshop\u201d after an edited photo of him hugging Tiwa Savage<\/a> went viral. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSade\u201d, Gold\u2019s rendition of \u201cStory of My Life\u201d by One Direction later exposed him – as an artist- to the larger public. With assist from Olamide<\/a>\u2019s YBNL and subsequent releases like \u201cOrente\u201d, \u201cPick Up\u201d, Gold became a household name. The singer anchored his footing in the Nigerian music scene after winning Best Alternative Song with \u201cSade\u201d at The Headies. The era wound up in 2016 with his debut album Gold<\/em>, which peaked at #7 on Billboard\u2019s World Album Chart. The project was singlehandedly engineered by his wife and co-creator, Simi<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Subsequently, Gold, knowing he can be more than highlife, threw his hat in the ring with \u201cCall On Me\u201d, which was met with mixed reactions. This experiment in sound goes on to make a bold statement in the singer\u2019s sophomore album About 30<\/em>, which he admits \u201cis indeed special because it was the turning point for me<\/em>.\u201d Gold continues to explore the realm of pop music which manifested in his third studio album, Afropop Vol 1<\/em>, housing hits like \u201cSomething Different\u201d, \u201cAG Baby\u201d and others. The project has since garnered nearly 300 million streams – toppling his past records. His nomination at the 2020 MOBO Awards for Best African Act alongside pop heavyweights like Tiwa Savage, Wizkid<\/a>, Davido<\/a>, Burna Boy<\/a> further indicates Gold\u2019s eventual triumph. \u201cIt took me three years to be this confident about creating what I put out now<\/em>,\u201d he admits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Here, we speak to the singer about the process to being AG Baby, as he\u2019s now fondly called, his yearning to live – more than anything and his fourth studio album which he says is an upgrade from Afropop Vol 1<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n