23 year old Olamide Adedeji was born On the 15th of March 1989 . A native of Ogun State . He is from a family of 7 where he is the 2nd to last child. He was named Olamide which literately means “Wealth has come”. No doubt that name was given to the 22 year old more in hope than certainty, well ladies and gentlemen the prophecy has come to pass. He grew up in the heart of Bariga , Mainland , Lagos. Currently studying Mass Communication.
Olamide fell in love with Rap music as early his primary school days. Soon, he discovered he also had the talent to Rap and began to nurture that talent in the year 2000. He decided to pursue a career in music he replied..
“I found out I was gifted in it so I had to explore it, it’s my life, my hustle, my world”. In 2010 fresh faced Olamide performed on arguably the biggest stage in the Nigerian Music scene; “The Hip Hop World Awards”.
Olamide is an artist who is loved by many Nigerians for his originality
and being proud of his culture and tribe. Also called Young Erikina, the
artiste has demonstrated much versatility in his songs, Eni Duro and
Bend down Low, to the extent that he has broken into the league of the
big players. Since then he has been feeding us with hits after hits and
in the process, upgraded his brand from budding underground Hip-Hop act
to a swanky Rapper who is now a household name.Baddo Lee came straight out of his Lee Temple and has colossally grown into one of Nigeria’s biggest Rap artistes. Olamide has been feeding To us, he is one of the few Nigerian artistes that followed the road less travelled. Determined to live his dream driven by rapping in his mother’s tongue. He is arguably, the only artiste that has become so successful after ticked off as a replica. So the question now is, What is working for Olamide?.
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