The Plug, TopBoy Entertainment Formalise Merger, Announce Mohammed as Managing Partner

Management and entertainment company, The Plug has announced Tobi Mohammed – founder of the Block Party series as a Managing Partner and Chief Operating Officer.

According to a statement, the announcement followed the merger of TopBoy Entertainment – founded by Mohammed – and The Plug – founded by Asa Asika and Bizzle Osikoya.

This implied that both companies now function as a unified entity, with both companies sharing the same directors.

The statement explained that TopBoy, a service-based agency, would bring to bear its strength in ideation, solutions and marketing for brands across a vast array of thematic areas, while The Plug retains its identity as a management-based client servicing company across music, art and sports.
The Plug also runs one of the biggest music distribution companies in Africa with some of the biggest hits to her credit.

An award-winning entertainment and tech entrepreneur in his own right, Mohammed (fondly known as Alhaji Popping) would be bringing to the fore, an extensive wealth of experience garnered from his curation of memorable youth events, execution of culture placement, strategy, content creation and advisory under the umbrella of his company, TopBoy Entertainment.

“This partnership ratifies the long-time relationship of both management and consultancy agencies, dating back to the first year of the Mainland block party in 2018,” Mohammed was quoted to have said.

“Individually, the journeys of Asa, Bizzle and I are inspirational blueprints in discovering, developing and managing highly successful talent while creatively deepening the perception and consumption of entertainment within and beyond Africa.
“Hence, the formalisation of our longstanding collaboration will see us harness the individual strengths of each Managing Partner across multiple ventures and create a juggernaut that will dominate the industry for many years.”

The two other Managing Partners of The Plug also weighed in on Mohammed’s addition, with Bizzle affirming that, “Tobi’s formal addition to the team underscores our steadfast commitment to not only providing structure and platforms for African talents to showcase their distinct originality but also to helping brands with solutions that push the boundaries of consumer experiences.

“Tobi brings with him fresh, contagious energy geared towards fixing/solving complex individual and corporate client problems and this will translate nicely to our bottom lines as a company. He is a relatable, high-energy character that has embodied excellence across all his ventures and we look forward to a sustained partnership,” Asa commented.

The combined talent management portfolio of all three partners boasts a wide range of highly successful African artists including Davido, Oxlade, BOJ, Focalistic, CKay, Victony, Bella Shmurda, DJ Titanium, Djs Maze & Mxtreme, to name a few.

The Plug’s sports management vertical also features football stars Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria’s women’s national football team/FC Barcelona Femeni) and Henry Onyekuru (Nigeria’s national team/Olympiacos) as well as the 100m hurdles world record holder, Tobi Amusan.