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Tinny Entertainment

Lagos record label that launched rapper Ycee, now dormant.

Based in
Lagos, Nigeria
Founded
2012
Founder
Timilehin Arokodare ("Small Tinny")

Tinny Entertainment is a Lagos record label founded by Timilehin Arokodare, known as Small Tinny, who serves as founder and chief executive. It is best known for launching the rapper Ycee, signed from 2015 to 2018, and its roster also included Bella, Dapo Tuburna and Damilare.

The label was independent, founded and controlled by Arokodare, with no reported outside shareholder or major-label parent.

Its roster departed between 2018 and 2019, and the company has been largely inactive since. It is recorded here as dormant. Its surviving presence is on Facebook, SoundCloud and YouTube rather than a website of its own.

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