Born Adebayo Adeleke, he is the second child in a family of four, from the famous Adeleke clan, in Osun State. Yes, the popular artiste, Davido is his cousin. He was born in Atlanta, USA and moved back to Nigeria when he was five years. B-Red started playing the drums at six and singing and producing when he turned 16. He even formed a music group in Atlanta known as KB International. It was made up of himself, Davido, Sina Rambo and a Jamaican guy named Jamrock. They held sway for a year, before he moved to Lagos with HKN Music, owned by his cousin, Davido. His much awaited album is set to hit the airwaves. Specifically, on July 11, 2016.
In a chat with us, B-Red revealed that after so much effort in putting together good music, his album entitled “All The Way Up Red Nation” will be available to the public as from July 11. All The Way Up Red Nation is an eight tracker, with about five other bonus tracks. The tracks, according to him, are Te Slow, Dele, As E Dey Go, Kolo, Romantic Call, Worry, featuring budding artiste, Pohsidon, Give Them and All The Way Up. The five bonus tracks are Cucumber, featuring Akon, Twerk, featuring his cousin, Davido, Over Do It with Lil Kesh and E Wo Ta Go, featuring Phyno and Blessings. The album, he disclosed, can be gotten on iTunes, Nigerian music blogs and other online music outlets and retail shops scattered all over the country. He further disclosed that he has always known he will take to music as he started participating in his church choir, playing all manner of instruments and amazingly mastered drumming, a long time ago.
On being part of the HKN Gang, he said it’s been one sweet experience being a member of a music family that is fast becoming a household name in Nigeria. “I have been part of this family for three years now and I must say it’s been a sweet experience doing music with some of the most talented artistes Africa has produced and I pray I continue to soar to greater heights in the coming months. I think my working with Akon on my song, Cucumber was cool and it’s the high point of my career presently. It also remains the best thing to have happened to my music career and I hope it opens doors to more of such collaborations with more acts from America”. On why he is called B-Red, he disclosed that while in America and growing up, he was called Red because of his fair complexion and that in the United States such blacks are known as such, so he later added B from his name, Bayo, to the red and that was how he arrived at B-Red.