CULTURETECHLENSFireboy DML
STRONG EVIDENCE evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-01234 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0215. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Nigerian singer Adedamola Adefolahan, known as Fireboy DML, collaborated with Ed Sheeran on a remix of his Afrobeats hit 'Peru' after Sheeran messaged him as a fan, having already recorded a verse; the remix was kept off the UK Official Singles Chart No. 1 only by the Encanto song 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' (per BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat reporting republished by Radio Nigeria/FRCN, January 2022).
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Nigerian singer Adedamola Adefolahan, known as Fireboy DML, collaborated with Ed Sheeran on a remix of his Afrobeats hit 'Peru' after Sheeran messaged him as a fan, having already recorded a verse; the remix was kept off the UK Official Singles Chart No. 1 only by the Encanto song 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' (per BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat reporting republished by Radio Nigeria/FRCN, January 2022).
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- Also known as: Adedamola Adefolahan
- Role(s): musician
Sources
- https://radionigeria.gov.ng/2022/01/30/peru-remix-how-ed-sheeran-came-along%ef%bf%bc/ (verification source · master store)
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Nigerian singer Adedamola Adefolahan, known as Fireboy DML, collaborated with Ed Sheeran on a remix of his Afrobeats hit 'Peru' after Sheeran messaged him as a fan, having already recorded a verse; the remix was kept off the UK Official Singles Chart No. 1 only by the Encanto song 'We Don't Talk About Bruno' (per BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat reporting republished by Radio Nigeria/FRCN, January 2022).
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