‘Daddy Freeze’, as he is fondly referred to, is
an ace broadcaster and On Air Personality with
many years of experience. Freeze, whose real
name is Ifedayo Olarinde is a man of
controversial taste but still a fan favorite. He is
currently the host of the Road show Cool FM’s
evening Drive Show which holds between 4pm
and 9pm.

BACKGROUND

Freeze is an indigene of Osun State but he is not
full blooded Nigerian. On his mother’s side, he
hails from Transylvania, Romania and
sometimes jokes that Dracula is his great uncle.
He was not born in Nigeria but he spent most of
his growing years in Ibadan. He attended the
University of Ibadan where he graduated after
earning a degree in Sociology.

LIFE AS A BROADCASTER

Freeze has been in the broadcasting business
for over 15 years. Speaking on his broadcasting
career and how it has panned out, he once said,
“It’s not a job anymore, it’s a way of life. Put a
microphone in front of me and I’ll start talking.
Broadcasting is what I do.”

His first radio gig was a brief three month stint
with Radio Galaxia in Romania while he was
there on holiday in 1996. He had accompanied
a cousin of his to the station where she hosted a
kids’ programme and from there he got the
inspiration to try his hands at radio.

He came back to Nigeria that same year and
auditioned for a job at because Ibadan which he
got. He went on to work there for 5years.

Speaking in an interview with Punch in January
2014, Freeze revealed that he was paid 1,500
naira at because Ibadan, a small stipend judging
from the fact that MTN’s first recharge card at
that time was the same amount.

In 2001, Freeze started work with Cool FM as a
broadcaster and production officer. According
to him, he got the Cool FM job as he was
leaving university and ended up doing his
NYSC there.

During the course of his career, Freeze has been
privileged to have one on one interviews with
likes of top local and international acts
including Boyz 2 Men, Angie Stone, Akon,
Brian McKnight, Sisquo, Joe, SWV, Brick and
Lace, Wycleff Jean, Caron Wheeler, Sean Paul,
Kool and the Gang, Tuface Idibia, Dbanj, and
Charlie boy amongst others.

OTHER ENTERTAINMENT ENDEAVOURS

Asides been a broadcaster, Freeze has also
served as a host for a bunch of music concerts
and comedy shows. He has anchored
Nollywood movie premieres in Nigeria, Ghana,
London and Manchester. Some of his hosting
gigs include: Dbanj Entertainer Album Launch,
Yes Records Launch in Ghana, TEE A Live in
London in 2007, Basket Mouth Uncensored in
Manchester 2011, Naija Comedy Blast London
& Manchester in 2006, Julius Agwu’s “Crack
Ya Ribs” in London 2009, and A.Y Live in
2011.

In 2011 Freeze was a judge alongside KCee of
the now defunct KC Presh group and Paul Play
Dairo on Star Quest, a highly participated talent
show.

Freeze has also been a popular face on TV as a
lot of people got to know him when he hosted 3
seasons of “Coca-Cola Mega millions”. He has
hosted a lot of game shows and live telecasts
including: Multilinks Telcoms’ ‘Break the
bank’, MLotto mobile lottery, The John Utaka
Premier league Challenge, amongst many
others.

FREEZE AND SOCIAL MEDIA CONTROVERSIES

Freeze has come under fire a couple of times
due to some of the statements he made on social
media, on air, or in interviews. He once got into
an issue with popular producer, Don Jazzy
when he interviewed Tonto Dikeh and made a
statement about a celebrity that gave out
recharge cards on Twitter to get fame. Don
Jazzy took offence as he saw himself as the one
who the statement was directed towards and
this led to the trading of words on Twitter. The
issue was eventually resolved.

Freeze has always been a man of high tastes
and in an interview with Punch, he dissed the
international brand, Michael Kors calling it
‘razz’. He also mentioned that he had a
collection of watches worth over 32 million
naira. A lot of people took to Twitter and
Facebook to air their disagreeing comments on
his opinion.

He has also publicly blasted artiste, Etcetera on
Twitter for his continuous string of articles that
were directed to numerous celebrities and
entertainment industry figures.

His recent jabs at artistes, dignitaries and
public personalities have earned him quite the
reputation on social media as he always seems
to have something controversial to say
concerning a trending topic.

FAMILY

Freeze is currently engaged to Dictachi Foods
Nigeria Ltd CEO, Benedica Elechi after a
whirlwind separation from his ex-wife who he
met in his university days. He alleged he was a
victim of domestic abuse and even shared
photographic evidence on social media. The
two were blessed with 2 kids; a girl and a boy.

RECOGNITION

In 2014, Freeze won the award for “Favourite
Nigerian On-Air Personality” at the
Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2014 which
held in Los Angeles. He has also been
nominated for numerous other awards.

Following

Cool but he beta keep to his business from now on

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