Olamide Net Worth 2018 and Biography

Olamide Adedeji alias Baddo is an A-list Nigerian rapper who was birthed on the 15th day in the month of March, in the year 1989. He was born in Barriga, a small town in Lagos known for it’s bubbling activities. Olamide was born like every other kid on the streets of Bariga, to struggling parents who try their very best to make ends meet and ensure everyone in the family eats at least once in a day, his family wasn’t one that could provide three square meals.

• Full Name: Olamide Adedeji
• Date Of Birth: March 15th, 1989
• Profession: Musician, Entertainer, Rapper
• Olamide Net Worth 2018: $12 Million
• Record Label: YBNL Nation
• Phone Number: Not Available
• State Of Origin: Lagos State
• Country Of Origin: Nigeria

Bio

Olamide Net Worth 2018 and Biography

Biography

• Background and Early Life

Baddo, as he is fondly called, had both his primary and secondary school education in Lagos before he gained admission to the not-so-popular Tai Solarin University of Education that’s situated somewhere in Ijebu, Ogun State. He was a Mass Communication student while in school but we have no idea as to whether he completed his tertiary education or not. He had on several occasions during interviews said he was not really interested in having a tertiary education as his love for music
kept him away from classes and he had to drop out of school at some point in order to try his luck with music. Olamide rarely talks about the school now and we are unsure if he returned back to school to earn a degree or not.

Olamide Net Worth Biography

• MUSICAL CAREER

As a kid, Olamide had always wanted to be a footballer for reasons he couldn’t really put a finger on, but fate led him into meeting ID Cabasa who signed him to his record label “Coded Tunes” where he got the opportunity to feature in a song written in respect of late legendary Yoruba rapper Olaitan Olaonipekun Dapo aka Dagrin. Olamide’s
verse in the song was catchy as he came in hot, made the atmosphere intense as he flooded his words with emotions. Olamide somewhat gained grounds when the public started jamming to the song and he quickly followed up with a single titled “Eni Duro” – This track was what you could call a complete rap song, Baddo churned out fire in form of words as he addressed his emergence as the new kid on the block when
it comes to hardcore Yoruba rap and how he planned not to slow down in order to remain relevant for many years to come, this he did with a bit of humor.

Baddo’s first-ever musical album was released from the stables of Coded Tunes was released in the year 2011, it was an album he titled Rapsodi, the album was one with 16 tracks, Olamide actually wanted more songs on it but his producer had to caution him in order for Baddo not to run out of contents. The album had a mixture of English
and Yoruba songs and it was widely accepted all over Nigeria and beyond, it had a few hit songs like “Eni Duro”, “Boys Are Not Smiling” etc. Believe in oneself, passion and the hunger to stand alone made Olamide part ways with Coded Tunes to launch his own record label in 2012, he came up with the name YBNL which loosely translates to Yahoo

Boy No Laptop, several of his fans were against the name he went with but Olamide was adamant as he made it known that he wasn’t into any fraudulent activities, the name was only a reflection of the good life he is living that can be likened to that of some fraudulent Nigerian youths popularly known as Yahoo Boys.

Olamide Biography

YBNL was Olamide’s follow up album and it was released in the year 2012 and it was a combination of Yoruba music, hardcore rap, and hip-hop. He featured a lot of A-list artists like Tiwa Savage, Davido, Dammy Krane, Skales, SamKlef etc. The album rented the air in the year it was released and the next, it featured a lot of hit singles like
“Stupid Love”, “Voice Of The Street”, “Ilefo”, “First Of All” etc.

Olamide loosely translates to “my wealth has come, indeed we can say his career was in a perfect sync with his name has he snatched a lot of endorsement deals worth millions of naira in no time at all, he has a thing with winning over people to his side and automatically being anyone’s favorite artiste, even those who don’t understand the
language he raps in, all lovers of good music sure enjoys listening to his songs.

Baddo’s third studio album was also released from his very own record label, it was a track with twenty-one album which he titled “Baddest Guy Ever Liveth” – The album reception was also a good one as it had some hit singles as well, tracks like “turn up”, “duro soke”, “yemi my lover” and “eleda mi” became the street anthem in no time. Olamide’s consistency has been the force behind his back-to-back release of
tracks and albums, he promised to release an album in every year since he came into the limelight and he has not for once disappointed his fans by renegading on his promise. “Street OT” was Olamide’s fourth studio album and it was a massively
received and successful album as it topped the iTunes world chart for many weeks. As it is with Olamide, this album also received a positive rating from music blogs all over Nigeria as well as music critics. The album had twenty-one tracks and it was a perfect blend of hip-hop, rap, pop and afrobeat with features from Lil Kesh, Reminisce and
others. Hits from his fourth studio album include Blood Money, Oga Nla, Real MVP, Zero Joy, Story For The Gods, Goons Mi and Ya Wa.

The year 2015 was another rosy year in the artiste’s musical career as he partnered with his close friend, colleague, and co-rapper from the east, the Obago master himself popularly known as Phyno to record a ten tracked album titled “2 Kings” and it was released under YBNL Nations and Phyno’s Penthauze Records in April 2015. The well-crafted album was the first of it’s kind to have an artist from the east and one from the south-west to put tribalism aside and work together to achieve excellence, the well-received album featured artists like Storm Rex, Wizkid, Lil Kesh and the wicked producer himself, Young John. Later that year, in 2015 to be precise, Olamide received his solo album for the year, this, he titled Eyan Mayweather, it was his fifth album and he decided not to feature any other artiste on the track, this decision didn’t receive any backlash from the musical world has the album performed quite well, it had hits like Melo Melo, Matters Arising, Bobo, and Lagos Boys.

Olamide has an end of the year tradition, this is a concert he organizes to entertain his fans from all over Nigeria, the concert was tagged “Olamide Live In Concert” popularly known as Olic. Baddo held the first ever edition of the concert in the United States and it was a massive success. When he got back to Nigeria in the same year I.e 2016, he released his sixth studio album titled “The Glory”. The album revealed the mature side of Olamide and it shows glaringly how far Olamide has grown in the music industry.

Olamide Net Worth 2018 Forbes in Dollars: $12 Million

For fans and readers asking how much is Olamide worth, he his believed to worth an estimated $12 Million.

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Olamide Charges Per Show and Endorsements

Daddy Milliano is the first ever Nigerian artiste to bag an endorsement deal with Ciroc, a fine liquor company in the year 2013.

He also signed an endorsement deal with Guinness and 9mobile Nigeria in the same year. Olamide is currently an ambassador for Glo and Sterling Bank. His net worth has been a controversial topic among his fans and here is a breakdown of how he got to that. Baddosneh charges a whopping 4million naira per show and he attends lots of
shows weekly, he also has a monetized Youtube channel which means for everyone who views his clips on Youtube, he gets paid, same goes for iTunes where people pay to download his tracks, coupled with his endorsement deals, him being a little closer to being worth a billion naira isn’t far-fetched.

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