Zinodict Music

Zinodict Music is a Nigerian record label founded by street-pop artist Zinoleesky (Oniyide Azeez) in April 2026, after he ended a seven-year run with Naira Marley’s Marlian Music. He announced the exit and unveiled the new imprint within days of each other, releasing “Nostalgia” as his first release under the new label.

The label is independent and artist-owned, with Zinoleesky as founder and chief executive. On 1 October 2026 he named Waziyung as its first signed artist, and the single released the following day, “Fuji Vibe”, carries Zinodict Music in the phonogram credit on Apple. No outside investor, distributor or publishing partner has been reported. Its public presence runs through Zinoleesky’s own social accounts and streaming metadata rather than a dedicated company website.

Zinodict Music matters as a data point in a recurring pattern among Nigerian street-pop and Marlian-affiliated artists: MohBad (Imolenization) and Naira Marley himself before him also left or built imprints outside larger label structures. It is no longer only a vehicle for its founder’s own catalogue: one outside artist now carries its credit. How many more it signs, and on what terms, is not yet established, because no term of the Waziyung arrangement has been disclosed by either party.