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  • I dropped out of school because I couldn’t pay my school fees- Olamide

     

    Nigerian indigenous rapper, Olamide may be enjoying the trappings of fame and fortune at the moment, but unknown to many, the serial hit maker had to drop of school when he couldn’t pay his school fees.

     

    Olamide made this known on Friday when he was a special guest of honour at the Summer camp organized by the Ogun State government at Akin Ogunpoola Model College, Akinale in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state .

     

    Hear him:“I am from Ogun State here, I do not joke with my culture and language, infact I came from a poor background. I had to drop out of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu Ode, when it was getting difficult for my parents to pay my school fees. However with doggedness, perseverance and hard work I was able to find myself where I am today.”

     

    The self-proclaimed baddo urged the pupils to always dare to be different and avoid needless peer pressure.

     

     

  • Being compared to Olamide, Phyno is a compliment- M.I

    When Nigerian rapper, M.I started out in the music industry, only a few rappers were available to compete with him.Fast forward to 2017, rappers like Olamide, Phyno and others have become the talk of the town.

    However, the self-proclaimed Chairman has said he is not intimidated by these younger artistes, adding that it’s a huge compliment to be compared to them.

     

    Hear him:” I am ten years in the industry since my first song came out in Lagos in 2007 because that’s when Crowd Mentality was released. It is an ultimate compliment for me to be compared with the likes of Olamide, Phyno, Ice Prince and others that came out after me. If you think about my first five years, I was really hot but as you get older, you get tired of saying some things. It is very hard for me to write a song about being in the club. If you hear some certain artistes sing about being in the club, you would say that you’d prefer a younger artiste to sing about that”.

     

  • We are fast losing our value system- Foluke Daramola

     

    Outspoken Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola has reacted to the news that Nigeria Broadcasting Commission has barred ‘If and Fall’ by Davido, ‘Wo and Wavy level’ by Olamide and ‘Living Things’ by 9ice from being transmitted.

    Daramola opines that whether banned or not, people need to know the impact of the artistes songs to the society, and whether their children can learn from what they are singing.

    Hear her:”As much as I love these fantastic talented artists and I don’t have anything against them but 1we are Africans though our now has been taken care of, but what’s going to happen to our kids and the ones yet unborn, our future?

     

    “I don’t believe technological advancement should make us drop what we stand for. Whatever we do today we should always consider our tomorrow when doing them. ..Can your children relate with what you do now, what values are those songs impacting to our society?

     

    “When I was of a marriageable age and I brought a man home to my mum, she would ask me who he is, what he does for a living (even when it’s obvious he has money)what family he comes from and so on

     

    “We are fast losing our value system, We complain about our leaders and how corrupt they are but we also forget in a hurry that our leaders are a representation of what a society is and it starts with the mind”she said.

  • NBC debunks banning Olamide, 9ice, Davido’s songs

    Following prevalent reports that the National Broadcasting Commission had issued a statement banning the songs of Olamide, Davido and 9ice from being broadcast, the commission has debunked the viral reports, adding that it is not in the business of banning songs.

     

    Director of broadcast monitoring , Idachaba Armstrong, told newsmen that a ban notice of ‘Wo’ and ‘Wavy Level’ by Olamide, ‘Fall’ by Davido and ‘Living Things’ by 9ice did not originate from the NBC. Recall that the ban notice has been circulating online for a few days.

     

    Armstrong said: “First of all, NBC is a commission, not a corporation.

     

    “Nobody at NBC issued a statement to the effect. We can’t be issuing statements on every album released in the country. The broadcaster has the responsibility to do the needful.NBC does not ban songs, we don’t have any business with the artistes. It is left for NBC to tell stations to ensure the songs and videos are fit for broadcast before putting them on air.The whole idea of offensive vulgar lyrics. It is the responsibility of broadcasters to ensure they don’t come on air,”

     

    When asked If the songs are actually offensive, he said:” The songs are actually offensive.I have reliably gathered that some of those songs are actually offensive, regarding the lyrics. Some of these songs are for clubs.These stations that should practice self-regulation are lazy and unprofessional in their conduct. We will impose the necessary sanctions on the stations. If the stations contravene any of the broadcast code, they will be fined,” he said.

     

    Olamide on Tuesday took to Twitter, declaring that he did not intend to promote tobacco in his video.

  • Wo video ban: I’m not promoting tobacco to get people killed – Olamide

    Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as Olamide badoo has reacted to the airplay ban NBC (National Broadcasting Commission) placed on his latest song ‘Wo’.

    The YBNL boss in a tweet says he has no intention of promoting tobacco to get people killed with his music. The ban came after Federal Ministry of Health led by honourable Minister Isaac Adewole said Olamide’s new street anthem ‘WO’ is in violation of Tobacco Control Act 2015.

    It warned that ‘Wo’ video had “dangerous public health content”.

    Speaking, the YBNL boss said he loves Nigerians and has no intentions of promoting tobacco in Nigeria.

    On his twitter page @Olamide_YBNL, the music star wrote: “No intentions of promoting tobacco to get people killed.

    “I love my people, I love my country, one love, one Nigeria #ClearTheAir Oya Wo!”berop

    Meanwhile, the Federal Ministry of health has praised Olamide for coming out to speak against the alleged tobacco promotion in his Wo video.

    Reacting to Olamide’s tweet, the health ministry replied via their official handle, “We are in the business of public health promotion. It is not in our mandate to ban music. We thank Olamide for his cooperation. One Nigeria!”

  • Again! Olamide, Davido, others face NBC ban

    The National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) has labelled five Nigerian songs as “Not to be Broadcasted.”

    The songs banned include: Davido’s “If” and “Fall”, Olamide‘s “Wo” and “Wavy Level“; and 9ice‘s “Living Things.”

    Recall that the Federal Ministry of Health had in a tweet on Friday said that the video to Olamide’s “Wo” is in violation of the Tobacco Control Act of 2015.

     

     

    In retrospect, this is not the first time Davido and Olamide, would be getting axed by the NBC .

    In 2015, Davido almost got into trouble with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), after they filed a case against him for promoting the use of drugs in ‘Fans Mi’. The singer was examined but later let off the hook.

     

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  • Ministry of Health declares Olamide’s “Wo” public health hazard

    Olamide’s street infused pop song, “Wo” has been declared as a public health hazard by the Ministry of Health. The ministry has warned the public about the dangerous public health content and violation of the Tobacco Control Act 2015 in the hit song already spreading like wild fire. The visuals contains scene where ghetto youths can be seen smoking

    In a series of tweets, the organization condemned scenes in the video which violates the ban on tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship.

     

    Olamide is yet to react over the Ministry’s statements over the song.

    However , there has been a myriad of reactions from fans who believe the song does not possess any health hazard.

     

  • Fans tell me they want to have sex with me- Small Doctor

    Fans tell me they want to have sex with me- Small Doctor

    Fast rising singer, Temitope Adekunle a.k.a Small Doctor has opened up about the craziest message he has ever gotten from his female fans.

    Speaking with newsmen in an interview, the Penalty singer made it known that his female fans send him provocative messages.

    “Fans tell me they want to have sex with me. I get many of such messages.Sex is now a cheap commodity these days” he said.

     

    When asked If he is competing with Olamide, he said:”We have different fan base and there are people that will definitely crave for whatever you put out there. I am a fan of Olamide . I am not competing with him”.

     

    The Afro-pop star also spoke on the craziest thing he has ever done as a star. According to him, he had to ride on a bike in broad day light.

     

    “I rode a bike on the street in broad day light. That is the craziest thing I have ever done as a famous singer”.

     

     

  • Olamide returns to Bariga

    Bariga born rapper and head of YBNL records, Olamide has returned to his ‘Hood’, Bariga, to shoot the visuals for his new song titled “Wo”.

    The celebrated rapper has succeeded in making the song irresistible with different dance steps springing up on social media for the song.

    The video was being shot in Bariga and the response was electrifying and overwhelming. Thousands of his fans thronged to see him as well as be part of the video.

    The self -styled Baddo said:”Growing in the slums of Bariga was no joke for many of us chasing dreams because of the kind of image that has been put out there by some of my people, so to most people, If you tell them you are from Bariga, they see no good in you”.

     

    Watch the video below

     

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BXzh9iXDpDS/?taken-by=baddosneh

  • How Olamide took over Nigeria’s pop culture through viral catchphrases

    One thing Olamide does so well aside from his music ingenuity is being able to create viral catchphrases. The self -acclaimed Baddo as over the years determined the pulse of Nigerian pop culture through his engaging catchphrases usually adopted from his songs and adapted into everyday conversations.

     

     

     

    In no particular order we take a look at some of his popular catchphrases.

    Baddo

    Baddo means someone who is adept at doing positive and negative things.

     

    Sneh

    Sneh was introduced by Olamide in his song titled Lagos Boys. Sneh is an unusual suffix added to another word used to praise someone. For example Olamide Sneh

    Shoro Niyen

    Shiro Niyen, in the Yoruba language, is used to question the meaningfulness of an action, behaviour or a position. An English usage can be “does that make sense?”.

     

    Ilefo

    This slang became popular after the release of “Ilefo Illuminati”. Ilefo simply means to carry one’s self with a great deal of swagger and verve.

     

    Leave trash for LAWMA

    The power of an entertainer is the ability to communicate deeply with your audience being sure that the understand you. The rift between the YBNL boss Olamide and the MAVINS boss Don Jazzy blew up on social media; the phrase ‘leave trash for lawma’ surfaced from this brawl and a lot of people fell in love with the expression

     

    In the colloquial sense, the use of words was appropriate, LAWMA means Lagos State Waste Management Authority, if you don’t leave your trash for LAWMA, then you litter the environment which is against the law in Lagos State.

    For Olamide , leave trash for LAWMA means Mind your business

    Yahoo Boy, No laptop

     

    A Yahoo Boy is the street title of one who dabbles into online fraud through the use of any device, most often a laptop. Hence, it is near impossible for a Yahoo Boy to function without a laptop.

     

    In referring to himself as “Yahoo Boy, no laptop”, Olamide implies that he is extraordinary.

    Kosere Ni Moscow

    The literal translation means “there is no playing around in Moscow”. In slang usage, it means “there’s no time for waste”.

     

    Turn up

    Olamide propagated the slang ‘Turn Up’ when he did a song with the same title. Turn Up means to show up at a party or where a celebration is meant to take place.

     

    Pepper dem gang

    Pepper dem gang describes a state of success that goes beyond people’s expectations, the kind of success that makes you flaunt your wealth to individuals who had underestimated you.