Today, we take a look at two important figures in the history of Nigeria street music. We take a look at their early life, brand deals and also their net worth to know who has more dominance when it comes to wealth gotten from street fame.
The first on our list is:
OLAMIDE Olamide Adedeji better known as "Olamide Badoo" is one of the richest musician in Nigeria. He is tagged the best Yoruba rapper in Nigeria with eight albums including; Rhapsodi (2011), YBNL (2012), Baddest Guy Ever Liveth (2013), Street OT(2014), Eyan Mayweather (2015), Glory (2016) and finally after four years we have 999 (2020).
Olamide ranks amongst the most popular celebrities in Nigeria, having been featured in so many songs with other hip hop artistes. He is a business man who has made wealth via investments and endorsement deals. He is the CEO and founder of YBNL, one of the country's best record labels.
Olamide and Phyno are best of friends whom has collaborated in so many songs. Olamide is said to know how to enjoy his wealth as he lives in expensive houses worth 53M naira and own fleet of cars.
As Olamide grows in popularity so does his wealth. He has several multi million naira endorsement with top brands like Guinness, Monster drink, Glo and Etisalat. Lately Sterling bank made him a brand ambassador with an undisclosed fee. He is estimated to be of $12 million net Worth.
NAIRA MARLEY
Azeez Fashola popularly known as "Naira Marley" is a Nigerian musician and song writer who got his stage name as a result of his musical inspiration from reggae legend Bob Marley. He was born in the Agege area of Lagos State, Nigeria before he relocated to peckham south London at 11. He has this talent of fusing hip-hop with Melody.
Naira became popular after he collaborated with YBNL boss "Olamide" and Lil Kesh of YAGI nation in his hit single "Issa Goal" which became the official song to support the Super Eagle's of Nigeria at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Naira had always dream of becoming a MC and a voice cover artist not until he discovered his love for music. He usually pays for his friends studio session until one day he decided to try his luck and found music potentials in him. It was at this time he did a solo track titled "Marry Juana" which featured Max Twigz which became a hit song in UK.
Naira once claim to have been arrested 124 times by the UK police. Naira Marley is currently one of the rising young artiste with a net worth of $700,000.
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