‘I started singing before I started talking’ – Oxlade

• Featuring in a recent episode of the ’90s Babies’ podcast, Oxlade claimed his parents told him that.
• He explained that as a child he sang faster than he could follow up with talks.

Nigerian singer Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman, professionally known as Oxlade, has shared insights into his musical origins.

During a recent appearance on the ’90s Babies podcast, Oxlade stated that his parents told him he began singing at an exceptionally young age, even before he developed his speaking skills.

The singer revealed that as a child, he would sing with greater ease and speed than he could form coherent sentences.

Oxlade attributed his natural inclination towards music to his early experiences, suggesting that this foundational exposure shaped his talent.

“I started singing before I started talking. My parents told me that I started singing before I could even talk,” he explained.

“I sang faster than catching up with talks. That was what my parents told me. I feel like that was where it [my talent] all started from.”

In another story, Oxlade cries out over recent treatment from Music industry gatekeepers .

According to him, some gatekeepers are boycotting him, while some of his senior colleagues are also blackmailing him.

Oxlade added that some of his colleagues who are copying his musical style are backbiting him. The singer said in a recent freestyle on Glitch Africa:

“Many boys don dey sound like me and still many boys don dey backbit me. Why me?

“Some gatekeepers don dey boycott me. Some OGs don dey blackmail me.”

Earlier in March, the singer revealed that he lost endorsement deals worth over N400 million after his sex tape got leaked in 2022.

Oxlade stated this on the latest episode of the Afrobeats Intelligence Podcast, in which he disclosed that he was being blackmailed with the video before it got leaked.

According to him, when the sex tapes were released, so he felt relieved because he knew the blackmail and extortion had come to an end.