Type of site Music, Entertainment Owner Oluwaseun Hassan | Available in English | |
Headquarters Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria Editor Oluwaseun Hassan
VJ Diamond Bright Website | ||
OkBlast is a Nigerian and African music download website. Launched in February 2015 by Oluwaseun Hassan. With over 500,000 thousand viewers per month from 54 countries all over African and its diaspora, OkBlast is one of the most visited websites in Nigeria and Africa.
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History
OkBlast was Launched as a music blog just for school at University of Lagos, Nigeria by Oluwaseun Hassan in February 2015 to connect and bring the best out of students who are good at music. But it later evolved into a music website for all Nigerians and Africans after a clip of Akon's performance at school anniversary was posted, which rapidly increased the traffic of the site.
Overview
Described as "Online music library for Nigerians and Africans" by Isioma Osaje of YNaija,
OkBlast delivers music and music videos from the hip hop, gospel and contemporary music genres The website is also known for its top 20 weekly music chart which is called "BlastBoard", song review and preview.