Adekunle Gold’s bio: wife, songs, net worth, daughter
Adekunle Gold is one the most popular Nigerian singers and songwriters known for his lyrical content in many of his songs.
He is among the list of Nigerian artists with no bad songs, and many of his songs are doing quite well on streaming platforms.
AG Baby, as he is also called, made it to the limelight after he released a song titled Sade and since then has remained in the spotlight.
Recently, Adekunle Gold was in the news after he was seen in a video hugging Liquorose and appeared to be admiring the BBNaija 2021 first-runner up.
The video sparked mixed reactions among Nigerians on social media has many stated that Adekunle Gold is a married man and should not be in such a situation.
Apart from music, Adekunle Gold is a graphics designer and an entrepreneur.
To know more about AG Baby, continue reading this article.
Profile Summary
Full Name: | Adekunle Kosoko |
Stage Name: | Adekunle Gold |
Born: | 28 January 1987 (age 34 years old) |
Place of Birth: | Lagos |
State Of Origin: | Lagos State |
Nationality: | Nigerian |
Parents: | Kosoko Royal Family Of Lagos |
Chilldren: | Adejare Kosoko Deja |
Siblings: | Three |
Girlfriend • Wife: | Simi (m. 2019) |
Occupation: | Singer • Songwriter |
Net Worth: | $1.5 million |
Adekunle Gold’s biography
His real name is Adekunle Kosoko, and he was born on the 28th of January 1987 to the Kososko Royal Family of Lagos. There are no details, but they were said to be teachers.
Adekunle Gold has three female siblings and is a nephew to popular and veteran actor Prince Jide Kosoko.
AG Baby is a Nigerian by birth and celebrated his 34th birthday in January 2021.
Education
Adekunle Gold had his primary and secondary school education in Lagos state, after which he proceeded to the Lagos State Polytechnic to bag a higher diploma in Art and Design.
Career
AG Baby has always been interested in music since he was a boy as he grew up listening to sings by King Sunny Ade and Evangelist Ebenezer Obey. He would later join his local church choir and start writing his songs at the age of 15.
He first made it to the limelight owing to his graphics designing skills after he photoshopped him hugging popular Nigerian singer Tiwa Savage.
His moment in the music industry started in 2014 after he dropped Sade, a cover of One Direction’s Story of My Life. According to the reports, the song was mixed by his then-girlfriend now-wife, Simi.
Sade was so popular it earned Adekunle Gold the Best Alternative Song award at the Headies. This attracted him to YBNL label boss Olamide, who signed him.
After joining YBNL, Adekunle Gold released his debut albumm titled Gold in 2016 and it was produced by Pheelz, B Banks, Sleekamo, Oscar, Masterkraft and Seyikeyz.
After the expiration of his contract with YBNL, AG Baby launched his band named The 79th Element and his record label known as the Afro Urban.
Below are some of the songs and albums by Adekunle Gold
- Gold (2016)
- About 30 (2018)
- Afro Pop Vol. 1 (2020)
- “Sade” (2014)
- “Temptation” (2014)
- “Orente” (2015)
- “Pick Up” (2015)
- “No Forget” feat Simi (2016)
- “Ariwo Ko” (2016)
- “Friend Zone” (2016)
- “Nurse Alabere” (2016)
- “Ready” (2016)
- “My Life” (2016)
- “Nurse Alabere” (2016)
- “Friend Zone” (2016)
- “Work” (2016)
- “Beautiful Night” (2016)
- “Fight For You” (2016)
- “Sweet Me” (2016)
- “Paradise” (2016)
- “Call on me” (2017)
- “Only Girl” feat Moelogo (2017)
- “Money” (2017)
- “Ire” (2018)
- “Damn Delilah” (2018)
- “Before You Wake Up” (2019)
- “Young love” (2019)
- “Kelegbe Megbe”
- “Jore” feat Kizz Daniel (2020)
- “Something Different” (2020)
- “AG Baby” feat Nailah Blackman (2020)
- “It Is What It Is” (2021)
- “Sinner” (2021)
- “High” feat Davido (2021)
Personal Life
Adekunle Gold is married to a Nigerian music star Simi and they have a daughter name Adejare Kosoko.
Controversy
In 2021, Adekunle Gold was accused of infidelity with a popular video vixen, Teminikan, by a popular blogger known as GistLover, who shared a photo of the video vixen on the blog’s Instagram page while warning her to stay away from the singer. wife
Net Woth
Adekunle Gold is reportedly worth $1.5 million.