Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji who was professionally known as Oladips was a Nigerian rapper, singer, and songwriter.
He was born on the 24th of March, 1995 in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, and died on the 14th of November, 2023, in Lagos state, Nigeria.
Education
Oladips graduated from the University of Jos where he obtained a degree in Economics.
Career
Oladips started pursuing a career in rap at the age of 16 in 2012 when he made a cover of the song ‘SUCCESSFUL’ by Drake and Trey Songz. Oladips started out as a text battler and was well-known amongst Facebook rap battlers. He took on Don Geo in one of the rap battles and even won.
Oladips breakthrough came when he participated in the contest “King is Here” by D’Banj and he won the contest.
His victory at the contest landed him a record contract from one of Nigeria’s biggest indigenous rappers at the time, Reminisce. Reminisce signed Oladips to Les Roses Rogues (LLR), where he got a shot at success and got to work with other big rappers in the country.
On the 1st of July, 2019, Oladips left the record label and released a diss track for his former record label boss. He went on to launch his own record label, The Disciples Music.
Controversies
On the 1st of July, 2019, Oladips unceremoniously left the record label ‘Les Roses Rogues (LLR)’ three years after he joined them. After leaving the label, the rapper granted City FM an interview where he said if there was one thing he would have done differently regarding his music career, that would be never to have signed a record deal.
He went on to release a diss track titled ‘Maybe’ where he called out his former record label boss, rapper Reminisce. He said his former record label boss took advantage of his zeal and his young nature. Oladips also accused his former record label of not holding up their own end of the bargain. He stated that the label failed to finance him after making promises in the beginning. Oladips also revealed in a diss track that he left the record label with only ₦23,000.
On the 30th of November, 2022, in an interview with 10Magazine, Nigerian singer Wizkid said rap is dead and boring.
He said
“I don’t listen to rap – that shit is boring to me. It’s dead now, it’s tired. These guys do the same shit, rap on the same beats, same flows”.
He continues
“No disrespect to nobody (laughs). I don’t have anything against rap or any other type of music. I have a lot of rappers as friends, like a lot. So I’m probably the wrong person to say this.”
His comment didn’t sit well with a lot of rappers and they quickly called his bluff online and Oladips was one of the rappers who didn’t like what Wizkid said.
Reacting to the statement, Oladips took to X formerly known as Twitter to post a diss track he made for the Afrobeat star.
In the 59-second short video, Oladips condemned Wizkid’s statement in totality and enjoined him to keep quiet if he doesn’t have anything motivating to say to rappers.
He also took a swipe at Wizkid for using the phrase “she tell me say” in most of his songs.
The lyrics of Oladips’s diss track reads in part, “She tell me say, Mr she tell me say wetin? Hip-Hop shekini? MR she tell me say woke up today and said hip-hop is dead. Torun bakun yin, baba Bolu, (If you are feeling sleepy, daddy Bolu) go back to bed.”
He also questioned Wizkid for not helping rappers but was instead criticizing them. ” When last did you help the rappers? Se e le da hun sha (Can you answer?).”
Not stopping there, Oladips also called out Wizkid over the whereabouts of his signee, ‘Terri’ in the music industry. “Person wey you sign nko? Oti Teri si (What about the person you signed? He has become a victim).”
Discography
Albums & EPs
- SUPERHERO ÀDÚGBÒ (The Memoir)
- Àjàlá Travel
- Broke Boy E.P
- Mainland To Island (Oladips & Zlatan Ibile)
Singles
- Die Young
- Right Path ft. Tekunbi
- Imagination
- If I Wasn’t Nigerian
- Conversation With The Reaper
- Detty December
- 666 (Freestyle) ft. Baddo, Mr Cayana
- Escolopidium – (Funwonje)
- The Boy (For Life) ft. T Dollar
- Àjàlá Travel (Street Remix) ft. Portable
- Àjàlá Travel (Remix) ft. Zlatan
- Àjàlá Travel
- Birthday Finesse
- YAKASUFE
- Òké (Remix) ft. TEMPLEGOLD, PLAYBOI, Dammy Thunda, and OLAJUWONRAP
- Heys ft. Slimcase & DJ Cora
- Òké ft. MAYTEE RG
- Kwaratine (Freestyle)
- Grateful
- Mr Jide ft. Terry Apala
- Idan
- Magu
- Tusi
- Maybe
- 8 O’clock
- Lalakukulala
- Polybag Cypher Sessions 3
- Saliu Elenu Gboro
- Controversies
Death
On the 13th of November, 2023, Oladips took to X formerly known as Twitter to call for prayers from his fans. He tweeted that his intention wasn’t to cause panic but he needed prayers as he was feeling very sick.
Some netizens thought the rapper was trying to chase clout and trolled him online but some of his colleagues like Zlatan Ibile, Zamorrah, and others reached out to him. Oladips explained to them that his fans were asking about his whereabouts and why he had been inactive so he decided to Tweet that, to let them know that he hadn’t been feeling well and that wasn’t to cause panic.
The following day, November 14, Oladips took to his Instagram story calling on his friend for leaving him at home alone. In the Instagram story post, Oladips said he had told his friends not to leave him alone at home at a time like this. See his post below.
He then posted another video on his Instagram story showing his friend returning from the pharmaceutical store where he went to buy drugs for the rapper. At this point, Oladips was in tears and was asking his friend why he left him alone at home and his friend explained that he just went out to get the drugs he requested for. Then Oladips asked his friend to take him to the hospital. On the way to the hospital, Oladips passed out.
View this post on Instagram
A few hours later, his management announced via his official social media handles that the rapper was dead.
Social Media
Instagram: @oladipsoflife
Twitter/X: @Oladipsoflife
TikTok: @oladips_oflife
Net Worth
Oladips had an estimated net worth of $230,000.
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