YardyMK

Singer-songwriter. Artiste.

[YardyMK @Yardy_MK]

Listen to Jollof from Dreamer (EP)
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[YardyMK @Yardy_MK]

Listen to Don't Judge me from Dreamer (EP)
https://t.co/GHNQbIrSHe

[YardyMK @Yardy_MK]

Listen to Sober from Dreamer (EP)
https://t.co/GHNQbIrSHe

[YardyMK @Yardy_MK]

Listen to Dreamer (EP)
https://t.co/GHNQbIrSHe

[Enyinnaya @enyinna_]

You can mock Nigerian girls all you want for lacking communication skills, but the truth is that Nigerian society is generally hostile to honest conversation.

The more Nigerians you deal with, the more you notice a pattern: people avoid saying things directly. They deflect, suppress, and sidestep difficult discussions until, seemingly out of nowhere, there's an emotional outburst.

Many of our siblings, parents, lecturers, bosses, and peers exhibit this trait to varying degrees: avoid, deflect, avoid—then suddenly, get mad.

[Davee✨ @ThaGreatDavid]

There will always be difference😂😂

[Aliyu Giwa @aleeygiwa]

For eight months, the team maintained a quiet and diligent approach.

The FID-STS conducted a discreet, patient, and determined investigation into a notorious FCT kidnapping, robbery, and extortion syndicate.

The syndicate believed they would not be apprehended. This assumption proved incorrect.

Watch the documentary to learn more about their operations.

[Lizemmy @LizemmyPOP]

Artist Development Strategy

Week 1: Brand identity
Week 2: Vocal/performance training
Week 3: Songwriting and sound direction
Week 4: Studio recording
Week 5: Photoshoot and styling
Week 6: EPK creation
Week 7: Social media strategy
Week 8: Live rehearsal
Week 9: Content creation
Week 10: Release planning
Week 11: Media/radio/blog pitching
Week 12: Live showcase

[Vuga Music Inc. @VugaMusicInc]

The question Adebisi always asks:

“Why is there no one in their family willing to invest in their career?”

Your mom may want you to become a doctor or lawyer, but it’s often a stranger who goes out of their way scraping together money (legitimately or illegitimately) to bet on you. Smh

[Vuga Music Inc. @VugaMusicInc]

The most dangerous person in the African music industry is not a bad label. It's a talented artist who refuses to learn the business. Talent without business literacy is just expensive entertainment for someone else's balance sheet.

[Z @BrianZisook]

Working with a vocal coach. Improving as a vocalist. Working with songwriters. Improving as a songwriter. Developing a “sound.” Developing an identity. Developing a brand. Creating the music. Creating a 6-12 month go to market plan. Identifying target brands and partners. Etc.

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

Do you remember Chidera Ikeoha, the youngster we found inside motor parks selling his book he wrote to feed and support his family?

Public donations for his book were channeled toward his education. The remaining funds will see him through to graduation.

We moved him from a public school and enrolled him in a private school in Enugu.

He is currently in SS1 and will enter SS2 in September.

Chidera is an A student determined and focused.

Supporting his education was a brilliant decision.

We have a star on our hands.

[Pastor to the Bad Boys @abolajiadeola]

I see a lot of people even fellow christians saying things like “Adeboye Should come out and protest”. Protest how and why ?…his protest would make the soldiers get more motivation or what exactly would his protest yield ?. AT 84 year old he should come out and do what exactly.

First I need to state it once again that @PastorEAAdeboye never protested under President Jonathan, he came out on the 2nd of February 2020, obeying the directive of PFN and CAN for a National Prayer walk which other churches observed as well. That false narrative of him protesting under Jonathan is pathetic because some of us walked with him on the Streets of Ebute Meta just before the lockdown.

I’ve been seeing a false narrative going around of people saying @PastorEAAdeboye cancelled a protest, that is also false. PFN called for a 3 day prayer and rally, which @PastorEAAdeboye directed the Admin department of the church to follow as that was the directive of PFN. but when PFN said people should not protest in different locations but gather for prayers at state secretariats and hold the prayers in their churches, the RCCG Admin also released another circular updating members about the new developments as stated by PFN, so why the evil narrative that Adeboye called off the protest ?

We need to understand that the enemies have us exactly where they want us to be which is for us to be divided and insult those who have been appointed as Gatekeepers.

These evil doers carry out their evil, chanting praises to their god and even observe religious holidays and all, but we are not directing our anger to their Imams and their leaders. If their religion is truly a religion of peace, their leaders must take responsibility, start speaking up, lead protests because these evil people are also giving their religion a bad name.

The Government is responsible for security of lives and property not Pastor E.A. Adeboye !

[Karun Pal @karunpal]

When you start making good money, save it. Especially in the beginning. Save as much as you can. You'll desire things. New car, new watch, designer clothes to show the world you made it. And dumb philosophies will try to justify it. YOLO, life is short. Don't pay attention. Don't change anything. Save for a few years. And one day you'll notice, the urgency is gone. The anxiety... gone. You go to a restaurant, and you stop looking at the right side of the menu. You plan a holiday and you don't wait 3 weeks for cheap flights. Someone made you an offer that doesn't feel right, and you say no without thinking twice. That's what happens when you overcome instant gratification. It will give you peace to move at your own pace. A little patience, that's all you need. And it will give you something that no material object can ever match: a calm nervous system.

[Toby @TomolaGroup]

In 1977, a young pharmacist named Stella Okoli opened a tiny retail pharmacy called Emzor Chemists in Shomolu, Lagos with ₦5,000 in her pocket.

Named after her three children: Emeka, Uzoma and Edward.

For seven years, she sold drugs to neighbourhood customers.

Then in 1984, she had a bigger vision: to manufacture, not just sell.

To raise the money, she asked her father for permission to use his house as collateral. He said yes.

She secured a ₦100,000 loan from the bank. Pilot production began in 1985 with one product: Emzor Paracetamol.

Today, that same Emzor Paracetamol controls roughly 25% of Nigeria’s pain relief market.

Emzor Pharmaceuticals now produces over 140 products. It has factories in Sagamu, Richfield, and Ajao. It exports across Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Stella Okoli is now one of Nigeria’s most powerful industrialists.

It started with a ₦5,000 shop. And a father who believed enough to risk his own house.

Sometimes the loan that builds an empire isn’t from a bank. It’s from family.

[Oluwabukolami @eleshomorenike]

How do women who have been kidnapped menstruate? Do they get pads? How do they cope with cramps?

Get your PVC today, 2027 is coming.

[Oloye. @Ol0ye]

People who have a high self esteem don't get influenced into bad behavior.

You can tell the difference between someone with low self esteem and high self esteem by how easily they're influenced.

[Бианка @BiankaB12]

Piece of advice: if you are a parent, watch out what the Finns are doing and copy them. It's one of the few countries that pays closer attention to their youth. They observe, study, and adjust all the time!

For example, they are now gradually reversing their decade-long, tech-heavy education model to combat declining cognitive performance and severe classroom distractions. Schools are scaling back on devices in favor of printed textbooks, handwriting instruction, and pen-and-paper assignments.

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

I used to be ambivalent about "Eat the Rich" ideologies and thought they were just humorous until 1998, the day Abacha died. I was at Apongbon in Lagos, driving a second-hand Mercedes E-Class, and behind a guy being mugged by rioters and waiting for my turn.

I had never known a fear as bad as that since I was born. The guy in front of me was stabbed and bludgeoned simply for driving a nice car. My car behind his own was nicer. I had to do two things: come out of the car and run, or run through the guys.

I saw an opening on the side and rammed through. They panicked when they saw me coming, and I could somehow weave my way into Marina. I stopped at the UBA building, where armed guards were posted, for a while before making my way back to Ikoyi against oncoming traffic. It was a chaotic day, and I survived meaningless mayhem.

Abacha was a dictator; everyone was afraid of him, including the rich guys. The rich guys were even more afraid of him as he seized their companies and took their wealth. He even murdered people like Kudirat Abiola, and his goons once attacked Olorogun Michael Ibru. I didn't understand why poor people who were celebrating his death were attacking those who also suffered from his tyranny.

This is the part of human behavior that scares me the most. When people are in pain, they go after convenient enemies rather than their true adversaries. The guy who was being attacked at Apongbon in front of me was a middle-class guy going back home from work. He had nothing to do with Abacha's tyranny. He almost paid for it with his life because he was an easy target.

This is why I believe it when they say that "Eat the Rich" is a myth. The poor will feast on the middle class first, while the rich escape. The poor are also likely to be weaponized by their truly wealthy adversaries to prevent the middle class from ever aspiring to become as rich as they are.

Yes, Femi Otedola and Dangote are very rich, but they are openly doing things that benefit the economy. Those you should fear and those whom people never see are those who are not doing anything to help the average person, but are weaponizing them to hate others.

I see Femi, Aliko, and even Tony more as hostages. They were wealthy before the current crop of politicians came into power and will likely remain so when this regime has done its time. I admit that they have a lot of flaws, but they are playing a survival game just like us, and people are attacking them like the mob at Apongbon.

These men are not raising money through government corruption but through institutions like Afrexim and others to build infrastructure that would benefit all of us and also keep them rich. That is the beauty of capitalism. They provide the platforms for others like them to build even better entities.

I didn't know how scared the rich in Africa were of bad government actors until I tried to raise a VC fund from local LPs in 2018. None of these guys had their liquid wealth in Africa. They kept the assets in safe havens where the governments could not impound them, as Abacha did in his time.

If you want to eat the rich, I can guarantee you that the corrupt politicians are tastier than the rich capitalists.

[Z @BrianZisook]

There’s no single formula, but these are my best practices for 5-year artist growth:

1. Get better at your craft

2. Build a catalog (release songs!)

3. Develop your sound, brand, & overall aesthetic

4. Find your audience

5. Own that audience (first party data)