The DIY Collective

a creative ecosystem ⏳

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Introducing Bonus Track ⏳

From the DIY Collective comes a brand new live performance platform set inside Hard Drive Records, an old record store turned creative stage. It’s a platform for discovery, reinvention, and storytelling.

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Nigeria isn't just making life difficult. It's making it harder for people to build the future they deserve.

Read more here 🔗 https://t.co/eWpyHTTfku

Written by @mariothefirst_

#Nigeriancreatives

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How many dreams have been delayed by poor electricity?
How many opportunities have been lost to insecurity?
How many creatives have given up because the cost of creating became too high?

#Thediycollective

[BUNDA HASHIRA🐆🪭 @cindythehashira]

tried to shoot on the streets of lagos today and egbon adugbo is telling me @burnaboy gave them $18k (25,020,000) sometime in January and @burnaboy i need you to know you’re part of the issues we have in this country cause them no gree collect my fifteen thousand hard earned naira, later you’ll carry you mic and sing about this country.

and @jidesanwoolu are you aware that to even take pictures or videos WITH MY PHONE at Freedom park i have to pay 40,000 nigerian naira for 10mins!!? what nonsense???????! why’re you the governor if you can’t completely obliterate the atrocities happening in your state????!

CAUSE TELL ME WHY TF A YOUNG CREATIVE CANT EVEN DO SHIT IN LAGOS?? 30 seconds cover wey i wan shoot for that matter.

@jidesanwoolu gather your street boys and give them an association, or pack them to sambisa forest to fight the war against insecurity cause you’re draining the life of the people and youths in this country, we NO LONGER HAVE ANY FREEDOM! and one day when i see you i’ll speak my mind.

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Not every good idea gets immediate applause. Not every talented creative gets noticed right away. Keep creating anyway. Some journeys require you to believe in your craft long before the world catches up.

#Hopecore #Thediycollective

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We often see the final version. The sold-out shows. The confidence. The stage presence. The moments that make it look effortless.
What we don't always see are the years in between. The growth that happened one appearance at a time.

#AyraStarr #StarrGirl

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It's easy to look at someone else's work and imagine all the things you would do differently.

Sometimes the best thing we can do is respect the work, learn the process, and extend grace to the people carrying it.

#Hopecore #thediycollective

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World Stop! @lammyy_a would tell you when to carry on, because she's the birthday girl!! 🥳

Happy birthday to the founder of The DIY Collective, an all round creative through and through.

We love Lammy, and you should to! 🤍

#birthdaygirl #blessed

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To celebrate two years of Ayra Starr's The Year I Turned 21, we asked some humans of The DIY Collective to pick one song they believe deserved more love from the album.

These are the tracks we're still holding on to.

What's your pick?

#toppicks #thediycollective

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The world may feel heavier lately, but do not let the darkness around you convince you that there is no light ahead. Even in difficult times, choose kindness, courage, and compassion.

#Hopecore #Thediycollective

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#Throwbackthursday

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A Children’s Day on Throwback Thursday special.

Here’s a look at some creatives long before the spotlight and audience...back when they were just children with big imaginations

Just little kids who had no idea they would one day shape culture.

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#Thediycollective

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Creative people are often expected to turn every moment into content.

But you are a person before you are a creative.

Rest when you need to. Step back when it gets heavy. You don’t have to burn out to prove your passion.

#hopecore #thediycollective

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M$NEY feels like an artist finally settling into success rather than chasing it.”

What’s your favorite track on the album so far?

Read the full story via the link in bio 🔗

#Thediycollective #Asake

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Three weeks have passed since M$NEY dropped, and @_thatgirltinu has shared an in-depth review of the project.

According to her “This isn’t a bad album. Far from it. But compared to the heights of Mr Money With The Vibe and Work of Art,

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We spoke to artists at different stages of their journeys about the realities of coming up in music and what it really takes to keep going.

#Thediycollective #undergroundsound

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Behind every “next big thing” is usually years of uncertainty, rejection, rebuilding and trying again.

The self-doubt. The near hits. The pressure to trend. The fear of being overlooked.

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What's your favorite track on the Album?

#thediycollective #toppicks

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No rankings. Just vibes

We asked members of The DIY Collective to pick their favourite tracks from M$NEY, Asake's newly released album and let’s just say Forgiveness might already be running away with the votes.