GREEN CELEB -Celebrity of The Week-OLAMIDE

                                                                                                                                                        By Damilola George


Olamide aka Badoo was originally born Olamide Adedeji on the 15th of March 1989. Olamide who shoot into limelight when he released his Single "Eni Duro" in 2010, grew up in the Heart of Lagos Mainland; Bariga, was formerly signed with ID CABASA’s "CODED TUNEZ Record" label, but now has his own "YBNL NATION" record label. Olamide’s album "Yahoo Boy No Laptop (YBNL)" topped the 2012/ 2013 Nigeria music chart as one of the album of the year with hit songs as" First of all", "stupid love" & "voice of the street" featuring artistes as Tiwa savage, Kayswitch, Davido and much more.

Olamide is skillful when it comes to code mixing of Fluent English, pidgin and Yoruba. He was featured by Phyno in Ghost Mode. This hit single made the whole street go crazily wild making it the streets anthem as everybody seems to know the lyrics and are not shy to sing it even while walking on the road.

The final Year Mass Communication student of Tai Solarin University, released his third album "Baddest guy ever liveth", with hit racks like "Duro soke", "Turn up", "badoo love" and many more. Olamide has performed live on big stages that were overly populated all over Nigeria and is most definitely a street favourite.

2013, was really his year as he bagged numerous awards at various prestigious events as "The Headies", "Nigeria Entertainment Awards (NEA)", "Nigeria Music Video Award (NMVA)", and others. It is safe and appropriate for us to gladly say, the streets loves and enjoys his artistic talent and he in turn love them(his fans) back as he is yet to fail or disappoint them.

His music has gained massive appeal and his rap style is being enjoyed by many.

Today we celebrate Olamide as our celebrity of the week. Eni Duro