Shallipopi speaks on featuring Olamide, ‘rift’ with ex-record label, Dapper Music

• Shallipopi has opened up on why he chose to feature Olamide on his song, amongst other too musicians and rappers.
• The singer stated that Olamide is the king of Nigerian street music, hence his choice to feature him.
• Shallipopi also spoke on parting ways with his former record label, Dapper Music.

Nigerian singer cum rapper Crown Uzama, popularly known as Shallipopi, has declared ace rapper, Olamide as the king of Nigerian street music.

Speaking in a recent interview with Naija FM, Shallipopi explained that he featured Olamide in his song ‘Order’ because of his popularity on the street. Shallipopi said:

“Baddo [Olamide] is the father and king of Nigerian street music. So I had to feature him on ‘Order’ because it is a street song and Olamide owns the street,”

Shallipopi also confirmed during the interview that he has parted ways with Dapper Music.

He stated that he exited the label after the expiration of his contract. He debunked reports of a rift between him and his former label. According to him, they are on good terms.

Meanwhile in September, Nigerian singer Balogun Afolabi Oluwaloseyi, also known as Seyi Vibez, reportedly went his separate way from his distribution company boss who is also Hilda Baci’s fiance, Dapper, marking the beginning of his solo music career.

Seyi Vibez, who has triggered rivalry between himself and his colleague Asake, has remained one of the promising talents in the Nigerian music scene.

A check on Seyi’s Instagram account shows he has unfollowed the record label boss, Damilola Akinwunmi aka Dapper, deleted all the pictures on his profile and changed his bio to ‘Independent artist’.

A check of Dapper’s Instagram account revealed that he had also unfollowed the artiste. This implies a mutual severance between Seyi Vibez and Dapper Music, as well as speculations of rift.