Nigeria lost one of its rapper to a fatal road
accident and we want to do a lecture on him so
those that dont know him will have a first class
knowledge on him.............DaGrin was born
Oladapo Olaitan Olanipekun (25/10/1987
-22/04/2010). Mr. Olaitan Olanipekun stage
name is DaGrin. He also goes by other aliases
such as Original Omoita, DaGrin Lomo Na,
Lyrican Trouble, Fimilejo, Omo Onile, Solder
Boy, Lyrical Wayray, Molenubi, Misofuyin, Omo
Ogun, Akogun, Barack O'Grin, Chief Executive
Omoita and other.
Education
DaGrin went Rosemary Nursery and Primary
School and Good Shepherd Nursery and Primary
School before attaining his secondary school
education at the Community High School,
Egbado College. Mr. Olaitan's attempts to gain
admission to Nigeria’s tertiary institutions hit the
rock due to financial and family issues. He did
however study in a computer institution
somewhere around Lagos State. He later
decided to invest his time and effort in music
since he loves doing music and writing lyrics
with great passion.
Personal Life
He was born to a polygamous family; life was
never rosy for Olaitan. Olaitan’s mother was the
second of his father’s three wives.
Musical Career
DaGrin was a recording artiste, songwriter,
rapper and performer. Like any other artiste, the
start was rough for DaGrin. Olaitan’s first album
titled “Still On the matter” came and went
without much impact in the music industry. He
was never deterred by the ratings of his first
album; he was determined to make a lasting
footprint in the music industry. He went back to
the studio and re engineer is God given talents.
The result of his hard work and persistence was
his sophomore album titled "Chief Executive
Omoita (C.E.O) and surely, it was a party banger.
He was signed to his own label Missofunyin
Entertainment and managed by Edlyne Records.
His imprint Mi So Fu Yin Entertainment was
gradually taking shape; Dagrin had a
performance in and out of Lagos every other
week. Everybody wanted him on their album,
mixtape, single… it didn’t matter; everybody just
wanted a piece of Dagrin.
Just two days before the horrific accident that
took away his life occurred; Dagrin was putting
together his last song, Show Me the Money, for
Lineo ‘Elepepe Master’. On April 14th, just a few
hours before the accident, Dagrin paid a visit to
the Hip Hop World office in Ikeja. The awards
were drawing closer and with three nominations
to his name, the hustler’s dream was finally
coming true.
Collaboration and Duet
During his brief presence in Nigeria's music
industry, DaGrin featured dozens of musicians
including Kenny Saint Brown, 9ice, Oluwe, YQ
Isolate and others within is short presence in
Nigeria Hip-Pop scene. Dagrin is a three-time
hip-pop awards nominee; he was nominated in
the Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and Best
Rap Album categories of the 2010 Hip-Hop
World Awards.
DaGrin’s Quotes
1. “You know what it is, you knew what it was
baby.”
2. ‘I just realized that I’m married to this game…
and me and my b*tches never break up…’
3. God is my creator; Fela is my mentor. Money
does not drive me; money is my conductor.
4. Ta Won eyan bari mi ni street, won pe mi
lomo buruku.

Ok

Grin Barack o grin, rest in peace highly miss u another fela but u lost ur life in the race, forever remembered, mod pls front page things in respect of dagrin

RIP

#legend

This guy is dead let's just forget him and move forward jor