5 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OLAMIDE AS HE TURNS A YEAR OLDER (+PHOTOS)

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Things you need to know about Olamide – Badoo and YBNL Boss, Olamide’s birthday clocked 27 yesterday, we’re celebrating the rapper and his successes over the years. Olamide was born in Bariga, Lagos and then in 2000, he decided to pursue a career in music. When asked why music, he said: “I found out I was gifted in it so I had to explore it, it’s my life, my hustle, my world.

Abacha and Jay-Z Olamide in a twitter interview revealed that ex-heads of state, Olusegun Obasanjo and Sani Abacha were the role models he had.


. Olamide is a graduate of Mass Communication

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Olamide’s style of music was influenced by Lord of Ajasa and 9ice

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he most influential person in his career is ID Cabasa

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He was signed to ID Cabasa’s Coded Tunes record label and then left in 2012. ID Cabasa, however, handled the production of his YBNL album


As a child, Olamide wanted to be a footballer

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Might have been the captain of the Super Eagles team now. Probably why he’s launching the football tournament.