ABOUT US

KeyQaad is an African independent recording label and company which is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. The founders, Valentine ‘Valo’ Ngaji and Marshall Onaemo—childhood friends who attended the university of Port Harcourt together—started out helping artistes under the company name “Baller Music”. Though the company was unregistered at the time, they had a passion for music. This is no surprise, as both founders each headed Music programs in different broadcasting media in Africa. Valo worked at Cool FM in Port Harcourt, and after joining Soundcity Lagos,  became the Soundcity Head of Programs and Music across Africa. Marshall, on the other hand, headed Programs and Music at Cool FM, Wazobia FM and Nigerian Info. It was not until 2017 that the duo joined forces and their pool of knowledge to officially found and register the label company as “KeyQaad”. Coined from the word ‘Keycard’, the label is one established for the purpose of giving the world access to timeless music