2Baba ends six-year album wait, announces ‘Oldest Young Man’ release date

Author: Adegboyega AdeleyePublished on: November 4, 2026Country: Nigeria

Culture & Entertainment

2Baba ends six-year album wait, announces ‘Oldest Young Man’ release date

Nigerian singer 2Baba, whose real name is Innocent Idibia, will release his new album, ‘Oldest Young Man’, on November 27, 2026. He announced the date on Instagram and called the project timeless music, after teasing it on social media for months. It will be his first studio album since ‘Warriors’, released in 2020. An Afropop pioneer, 2Baba co-founded Plantashun Boiz in 1996.

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