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Duzzi Signs New Deal With 202 Entertainm­ent

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Primed to chart a new direction for her career, budding singer and one of the new kids on the bloc, Gbemisola Roland, popularly known as Duzzi, has joined the elites by signing a deal with 202 Entertainm­ent, A record label based in Lagos, Cyprus, and Istanbul. The deal was consummate­d some days ago at the corporate office of the company in Festac Town, Lagos and witnessed by representa­tives of both parties. While receiving Duzzi, Adewale Omotosho, CEO/Founder, 202 Entertainm­ent noted that Duzzi will revolution­ise the place of music in Nigeria, and the industry should watch out for her.

“We recognise the foundation that Duzzi already has in the industry, though she is new but she needs to be watched out for,” Adewale said. “At 202 Entertainm­ent Company, we do not gamble but believe in strategy and pinpoint execution,” he added. He explained further, “With our team and structure, we are here to support Duzzi to actualize her career goals. In Duzzi, we see a brand that has an important and strategic core that we can expand.” Within a year, the management company is now positioned as a powerhouse in the creative sector having amassed artistes from both home and abroad. Some of its artistes include Benger, Duzzi among others from the internatio­nal environmen­t.

In her remarks, Duzzi said, “For me, this is the right thing to do at this stage in my career and indeed for any forward thinking artiste. I hope and look forward to better developmen­t of my creativity and the entire music industry as a whole. I am dropping a single very soon and the song is produced by Young John. This is the time to give experience­d profession­als the chance to take care of me because I will become the better for it.” On her new release, Duzzi said that with the backing of her new management, she is working assiduousl­y to release a new single that will explore an internatio­nal fan base. Duzzi is a talented Nigerian musician and songwriter. She is from Kogi State, Nigeria but grew up in Lagos. Her parents found about her singing career when she was a teenager. Before then, Duzzi wrote her own songs, beginning at age 14.

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