There’s a difference between rapping and reaching. With Folasade, LADIPOE isn’t just throwing punchlines, he’s baring his chest.
The Mavin rapper, long hailed as Nigeria’s “Leader of the Revival,” takes a different route on this one. It’s not about being clever. It’s not about out-rapping the room. It’s about emotion. It’s about that name — Folasade — whispered like a secret you’re scared to say out loud.
Over a mellow Afrobeats canvas, Poe paints in strokes of longing and vulnerability. He’s still dropping the slick lines — what he calls his “Lifelines” — but this time, they hit different. It’s late-night drive music. It’s the kind of record that creeps up on you mid-text, mid-thought, mid-heartbreak.
“Folasade” doesn’t try too hard. That’s its magic. It coasts. It breathes. It moves with intention. And with a lyric video that plays to his cult of caption-lovers — the chop mouth crew, as he calls them — every syllable lands like gospel.
Coming off last year’s Compose with Taves and Hallelujah with Rozzz and Morello, this isn’t LADIPOE chasing numbers. It’s him evolving — again. And yes, Feeling (the BNXN collab that did 80M+ streams) may have built the road, but Folasade is a turn-off worth taking.
Since joining Mavin in 2017 as their first rapper, Poe’s been on a long run — redefining what it means to rap in Nigeria. He doesn’t always shout the loudest, but he speaks the clearest. And here, he reminds us why he’s in a lane of his own.
Listen to Folashade by Ladipoe HERE
