Bella Shmurda

BELLA SHMURDA IS A CONSCIOUS AFROBEATS SINGER AND SONGWRITER HAILING FROM LAGOS, NIGERIA. AS THE “NEW VOICE OF THE STREET”, THIS INDEPENDENT ARTIST IS THE LEADER OF DANGBANA REPUBLIK: A COLLECTIVE OF STRONG-WILLED, STRAIGHT FORWARD CREATIVES, STUBBORN TO THE HUSTLE. THIS MULTIPLE AWARD WINNER IS DEDICATED TO SPEAKING THE TRUTH AGAINST ALL ODDS.
BELLA SHMURDA COMES FROM A POLYGAMOUS FAMILY IN IKORODU, LAGOS. HIS JOURNEY INTO THE PERFORMING ARTS STARTED IN PRIMARY SCHOOL. WHILST HERE, HE PARTICIPATED IN CULTURAL DANCE AND SANG IN THE SCHOOL BAND BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO MUSIC PREFECT.

BELLA SHMURDA’S CAREER TOOK FLIGHT ONCE HE GOT TO LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY; THIS YEAR HE GRADUATED WITH A SECOND-CLASS DEGREE IN HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. THE FREEDOM OF THIS NEW ENVIRONMENT ALLOWED HIM TO FULLY EXPLORE HIS MUSICAL CREATIVITY. LEANING ON HIS LOVE OF PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION, HE FORMED HIS CONSCIOUS AND RELATABLE SOUND. INSPIRED BY HIS ENVIRONMENT AND LIFESTYLE, BELLA SHMURDA PRIDES HIMSELF ON TAPPING INTO THE PAIN OF THE STREET AND EDUCATING THE WORLD ON THEIR HARDSHIPS.

BELLA SHMURDA SHOT TO FAME IN 2018 WITH HIS BREAKOUT SINGLE, ‘VISION 2020’. THIS SONG WENT VIRAL WHEN HIS CELEBRITY FRIEND, POCO LEE, CREATED A VIRAL VIDEO TO THIS TRACK. IT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF AFROBEATS ICON, OLAMIDE WHO INVITED HIM TO THE STUDIO TO CREATE A REMIX. THE SUPPORT FROM THE LEGEND, ENCOURAGED HIM TO RELEASE HIS FIRST EP, ‘HIGH TENSION’. THIS PASSION PROJECT ESTABLISHED BELLA SHMURDA AS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS, BELLA SHMURDA HAS GONE ON TO CREATE AND COLLABORATE ON OVER 80 SONGS, ACHIEVING OVER 860+ MILLION STREAMS AND GAINING OVER 7.76 MILLION FOLLOWERS WORLDWIDE. WITH A MISSION TO IMPACT THE WORLD WITH CONSCIOUS MUSIC, THIS IS JUST THE START!