Nigerian singer and actor, Banky W, has announced the closure of his record label, EME Records. While the EME brand remain, the company has announced by Banky will now be a 'full fledged media agency' focusing on Creative Marketing, Advertising, PR, Brand Events/Activations and talent management. Their client presently include DJ Xclusive, Ebuka, Toolz, Banky himself and his wife Adesua and few corporate brands.

Banky made this revelation few minutes ago on Instagram.

Empire Mates Entertainment (EME) was started by @captdemuren & I, way back in 2001/2002 - in my dorm room at my University in NY. The reason we used the word "Empire" was because Tunde and I were crazy enough to dream that we could build a company that would eventually become an Empire.. one that would serve as the launching pad for not only my career goals in music, movies and other interests... but one that would also serve as a stepping stone for other talents to become more successful and achieve their goals as well. We started the record label part of it right there in my room, which we relocated to Lagos around Vals day 2008 - and we thank God for guiding and crowning our efforts thus far; we've played our little part in helping discover/boost the careers of a number of talents in the Music business (some of your favourite Artists, Producers & Engineers..) and we are forever grateful for the opportunity to live out our dreams by giving others a platform to shine as well. In January of 2017, after 9 years of being in the Nigerian Music Industry, we decided it was time to quietly close the Record Label Arm of our business

Essentially we have restructured our business.. and instead of operating just as a record label, we have expanded and changed our focus a bit... we are now a full fledged Media Agency that focuses on Creative Marketing, Advertising, PR, Brand Events/Activations AND a talent management firm. This switch in focus has been amazing and fulfilling.. behind the scenes, we have been able to impact the launching and marketing of a number of brands and companies the way we did artists.. but even in the talent management side, we are no longer restricted to working with just Music Artistes. We still work with Musicians, but we also work with OAP's, Actors and are evaluating sports management as well.

The goal was always to find talents and brands we believe in, and partner with them to help them become more successful... now we have expanded to do that for more than just the Music business. We are excited about our client portfolio: the corporate brands we rep, as well as the talents. At the moment, our clients are: @djxclusive83, @ebuka, @toolzo, @adesuaetomi, and of course yours truly Mr W. (And a few corporate brands as well)

Talk to us for all things Marketing/Advertising/PR/Media/Entertainment. We shoot tvc's and documentaries just as great as we do music videos. We launch brands and products as well as we have launched Artists. Need some help with your digital marketing? Need an ad campaign? Influencers for your next launch? Finding the right brand ambassadors for your product? We are your one stop shop for the marriage between corporate Africa and Entertainment. For a simple reference, it's kind of like how Jay went from Rocafella to Roc Nation. Just.. same name, new targets.
@theofficialeme_ is our IG page, and for booking any of our clients pls holla at us directly.
Grateful for our past, and excited about our future.. this is EME. God bless you all and thanks for the support.

See https://www.instagram.com/p/BfbSTHJnxAI/


Source: http://www.absolutehearts.com/2018/02/banky-w-shuts-down-eme-records-redevelops-the-eme-brand-into-a-media-agency.html

Money no dey enter again. Rebranding is in order

He is re-strategizing

Na fight go end am

NO more wizzy to milk

EME died the day Wiz left the record label

abeg niyola dey....she no dey sing again ni

Emo leee Lee leee am the badest boy

Mole kwa kwa kwa am the badest boy

Ati de de de am the badest boy

They're in the city Killing every show

Infact who Sabi that song

No song to sing again banky kukuma close market

life goes on

go sign Buhari and Lai Muh'd

see Watin wizkid cause naaaa

Baba use all him money do wedding......brokenness....lol..fadalord

Man shall not live by bread alone

Why he no go close down after he use all him life saving from Wizkid do extravagant wedding. Empty HEAD.

Idea of a business man...
Love people like this...

long overdue

evolution taking place at eme, weh don sar..

I've always wondered why we don't have long lasting record labels in Nigeria. Storm Records were the in thing then with Sasha, Naeto C, Jazzman Olofin an the likes. Once those guys left or faded off the scene, they couldn't replace them and the label died naturally.

Same thing for Da Trybes. D'Tunes died after Nyanya left. Kennis Music, dead. Five Star music is KCEE personified. Now EME could not replace WizKid and Skales, even though they tried to promote Shaddie, nothing came off it.

Only Mavin has tried in terms of regeneration.

Will YBNL survive beyond Olamide, will Starboy live beyond Wizzy? Can DMW survive beyond Davido?
I think the music industry needs a lot of lessons on talent management and professionalism.

Haaa...


Banky but u promised to sign me to your label na

bet why

Nigerian record companies need to start offering rewarding packages to their respective artists in order to keep them.

Lol

Zanas:
Money no dey enter again. Rebranding is in order

007author:
EME died the day Wiz left the record label

pero45:
Baba use all him money do wedding......brokenness....lol..fadalord

ShitHead:
Why he no go close down after he use all him life saving from Wizkid do extravagant wedding. Empty HEAD.

Savages

Result of the brainstorming between him and his wife.

Lol, so the ritual wey banky use him bald head do no dey pay again

Brilliant, nice idea

Good move

Paradigm shift.. Growth and devolopment....

elgramz:
EME died when Wizkid left.

It is quite easy to judge from afar. A lot of things may have influenced his decision to quit the record label for a more robust agency.

Banky is an all around business man, a great talent. He has delved into film making since he got rubber stamped by NYFA.. He is into advertising and digital marketing(Evident with his deals with Samsung, Ciroc, Maggi to mention a few). He is also eyeing sport management which is definitely going to be a good one.

Banky Wellington will remain a classic man no matter what.

bankruptcy

EME died when Wizkid left.