Styl Plus Moves On As Tunde Exits
Style Plus
After working
for nine years as an R&B group – STYL Plus
will be saying goodbye to one of its founding members Tunde Akinsanmi.
Over the weekend, the news of Tunde
leaving to pursue a solo career hit the ‘blogosphere’. The group has now told
NET that Tunde is leaving, but STYL Plus is not ‘breaking up’.
‘We owe it to our fans to clear
the air on this matter. In the process of working towards a collective vision,
in this vein, Tunde Akinsanmi has decided to pursue a solo career and delve
into other ventures that are not Styl-Plus’s priority at the moment‘,
a rep for the group and One Management said in a statement.
The statement says the group’s musical
projects will go on as usual: Shifi and Zeal say they’ll be releasing a new
single titl
ed ‘Tonight’ (Ale-Oni) in the
coming weeks.They are also warming up to release new singles produced by
the likes of Wizboyy, TK and Landlord
‘We thank all the fans and media
whose unwavering support we have enjoyed so far and continue to enjoy‘,
they added.
STYL Plus launched into the mainstream
back in 2003 but their musical journey started way long before then; the group
was originally formed in the ’90s by Shifi Emoefe, Tunde Akinsanmi,
Yemi Akinwonmi, and Lanre Faneyi giving
birth to the initial name STYL.
In 1999, Faneyi passed away. A young
singer Zeal Onyecheme replaced him; rebranding the
group’s name to STYL Plus. Three years later Akinwonmi left.
In 2003, the group released their first
set of singles – ‘Olufunmi’ and ‘Runaway’ which remain evergreen. In 2006,
they released their first studio album ‘Expressions‘,
which included the hits – ‘Imagine that‘, ‘Always on my mind‘, ‘Drive me crazy‘,
and ‘Iya Basira‘.
Going on a small
hiatus, they returned in 2008 with the club hit ‘Four years’ off their ‘Back and Better‘ album.
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