By Adedayo Odulaja and Dayo Showemimo
His manager of 17 years, Percy Ademokun has officially moved on and has been replaced by a younger man, Adebayo Olasoju. Olasoju has been one of KWAM 1’s personal assistants for sometime.
Sources told NET that the decision to change management after 17 years was a mutual decision, as both parties involved continue to share a very cordial relationship, and in fact, still hang out together regularly.
Why Percy Ademokun left K1
As with every relationship, there comes a time when one party has to move on, which is reportedly what played out in the case of K1 and Percy Ademokun. Sources in K1’s camp revealed to NET that there were no issues, it was just time for Percy to move on and embrace other challenges.
In March 2014, Percy played a key role in the organisation of the wedding ceremony of K1’s daughter, despite not being his manager anymore at that time,’ the source told NET.
Kwam 1’s first official manager on record is Dayo Olomu, followed by Ayo Sonaiya. Lanre Ijaola took over from Sonaiya while Percy Ademokun managed him until earlier this year, before Bayo Olasoju stepped in.
Meet K1’s new manager, Bayo Olasoju.
At that time, Bayo became close to the Fuji king because he was a nephew of the next Oba, who also happened to be K1’s close friend. Bayo is currently taking a Diploma course in Business Management at the Stratford Academy of Business in the UK.
Speaking exclusively to NET regarding the time he officially became K1’s manager, he said: ‘Actually, I’ve always been in the background, I was handling the political aspect of his connections and dealings. I’ve also worked in government too, I was a Special Adviser (Legislative) in my municipal council or local government council, I have also been a Personal Assistant to a House of Assembly member. I was a campaign manager for a House of Assembly member as well. For you to manage someone of K1’s status, two things must come to play, which are trust and confidence.
When asked if there were others interested in managing K1 before he was chosen, Bayo’s reply was short: ‘Well, I don’t know, but what I know is that for you to manage K1, people see it as a juicy career because of who he is. My boss is the only one in the whole world that would never owe you, and till today my relationship with Uncle Percy is very cordial, he’s my boss, my brother and confidant.’
Although he hasn’t managed any other artistes before now, he told NET that his plans are to take the K1 brand to the next level, saying: ‘The first thing is we will put God first in all we do, do our best and leave the rest to God. We can’t compete with what is on ground already, we can only improve and consolidate on it. We just came back from a tour to Miami and Mexico, next we will be taking a couple of hip-hop acts such as May D, Honey Bee and Oritsefemi on tour to Europe. We will be in over 49 cities including Houston, Chicago, London, Germany, Spain, Holland, Italy, New York and we will be doing a lot of music festivals as well,’ he added.
NET EXCLUSIVE: 17 years after, KWAM 1 parts ways with long-time manager Percy Ademokun
