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Hembadoon
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Hembadoon is a singer, songwriter, thespian, music executive and entrepreneur out of Nigeria who attributes her craft to the broad range of music she was exposed to from a very young age including Western music, Fuji, Juju, and a broad range of African music.
With her first commercial single 'Odo Aye' dominating radio charts in the North as far back as 2003, Hembadoon went on to work as an on-air Radio personality, a contributing entertainment writer in one of Nigeria's national Newspapers, sang backup for South African singer Somti Mndebele on her Nigerian tour and worked as a Public Relations and A&R executive for corporates and on the teams of some of today's biggest Afrobeat superstars in her over a decade long career including Ice Prince, Asa, Burna Boy, and Simi.
Hembadoon relaunched her commercial music career in 2020 with the release of her single 'Lady' in a media parley & showcase held in April 2021 in Lagos, Nigeria. Her quest to improve her craft has led her into musical theatre where she has stood out, writing a song for a feature play in the British Council Lagos theatre Festival (2019) and performing in leading and supporting roles for and at the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON June, October 2021) as well as delivering a command performance before the Vice President of Nigeria, Prof Yemi Osinbajo in December 2021. Her notable role was as Hajiya Gambo Sawaba in #OMGTheMusical in the European Union celebration of IWD 2022 on March 8, in Abuja right after a Live musical performance before dignitaries at the NLNG International Energy Summit closing ceremony on March 4, 2022.
In line with her brand identity and Moniker "LADY", Hembadoon has launched a line of brand items starting off with her Lady T-Shirts - available on Hembadoon.com, and a "Lady Live" showcase series, the last one took place in Lagos on Friday Sept 30th, 2022. The evening of live music, accompanied by her 9-man band, "The Lady Force", it was attended by fans, family and top Nigerian misic industry artistes & executives.
Hembadoon's ambition is to leave a lasting legacy & grow her audience across different continents which she has set out to do as she recently performed at the NEWSKOOL RULES Conference & Urban Festival for Independent Artistes in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in two shows on Friday Oct 7, 2022 and Sunday Oct 9, 2022. She was also a part of the World Women's Music Festival Montreal Export Edition, a 3-day Festival featuring Female Musicians from across Africa in Accra Ghana from Nov 16 - 21, 2022. With goals set for taking her brand fast and wide, Hembadoon recently signed with European representatives in Netherlands to promote her craft in Europe. She will grace a number of stages in 2023 from Lagos, To Cameroon, To Montreal and Paris. Her goal is to, through her craft, become a voice of reason and influence thought leader.
Hembadoon currently hosts a show called AFRIKULTURE MIX On ARA City...
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