Dangbana Republik
Independent Nigerian label founded by Bella Shmurda in 2021; no company registration or website located.
- Based in
- Lagos, Nigeria
- Founded
- 2021
- Founder
- Akinbiyi Abiola Ahmed (Bella Shmurda)
Dangbana Republik is a Nigerian record label and creative collective founded in 2021 by singer Bella Shmurda (Akinbiyi Abiola Ahmed). Phonogram credits on Apple Music and Deezer show it as rights holder on Bella Shmurda’s own releases from May 2021 onward, and the label has since signed at least one other act, singer FOLA, announced in October 2024.
No corporate registration document was located and Nigeria’s Corporate Affairs Commission has no public search interface, so the label’s formal structure is unconfirmed. It is treated here as independent and founder-owned on the basis of consistent press description and Bella Shmurda’s own public statements. Dangbana Republik has no standalone website; its public presence runs through Instagram (@dangbana__republik, roughly 275,000 followers) and its artists’ streaming and social profiles.
Beyond music, Bella Shmurda has used the Dangbana Republik name for community projects in Lagos, including scholarships and food drives, though these are not run as a registered charitable arm.
