Nigerian music rapper Olamide, is popularly
known as Olamide Badoo, but not everybody
knows that his real name is Olamide Adeniyi
and that he was born on15th of March, 1989.
Well, here are some information about Olamide
that you might find interesting to know.
Olamide grew up in Bariga, Lagos with 6 older
siblings. His hometown is Ijebu in Ogun state.
He was a part time student of mass
communication at the Tai Solarin University
As a child, Olamide says he wanted to be a
footballer. His height is 5feet 9inches.
He broke into the Nigerian music industry with
his hit track ‘Eni duro’.
The Nigerian rapper, whose lyrics are majorly
in his native tongue Yoruba, made it big
recently when he signed for luxury vodka
Ciroc.
The deal makes Olamide the company’s first
Nigerian ambassador putting him amongst
other international representatives like Rick
Ross and French Montana.
Olamide also has a deal with telecoms giant,
Etisalat.
Speaking about his major influences to music,
Olamide mentioned American rapper Jay-Z as
one of them. He says he owes a lot of
gratitude to his producer ID Cabasa. According
to him, his talent was recognized by another
famous musician, D’banj, who wanted to sign
him on his record label.
On his personal life, Olamide has pet dogs, a
child and is still with his long time girlfriend,
Aishat Suleiman.
Best Quote: “Music is all I know, music is all I
do


Olamide means ‘My wealth has arrived’, and
indeed it has arrived for Olamide.

Source; naij.com