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Olamide becomes first African rapper to hit 1 billion streams on Spotify

Spotify: Olamide makes history, hits 1 billion streams

Ifeoluwa by Ifeoluwa
January 10, 2025
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Olamide becomes first African rapper to hit 1 billion streams on Spotify
  • Olamide has made history on the streaming platform, Spotify.
  • The musician has become the first rapper to hit 1 billion streams on the platform.

Nigerian rapper, Olamide Adedeji known mononymously known as Olamide has surpassed 1 billion career streams on Spotify.

He is the first African rapper to achieve the feat, thanks to his incorporation of Afrobeats in his music and collaborations.

Last year, Olamide also made history as the first African rapper to be nominated for a Grammy.

His collaborative hit with Asake, ‘Amapiano’ was nominated in the inaugural Best African Music Performance category but lost to Tyla’s ‘Water.’

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In other news, Nollywood actor, Segun Padonou Aina, popularly known as Segun Arinze, has offered his thoughts on the prevailing claims of homosexuality practised in Nollywood.

In a recent interview with Arise TV, the 59-year-old Badagry native affirmed that he is not a party to any conspiratorial sect that practise homosexuality in the Nigerian film industry.

In the words of the veteran film star:

“I do not bend over, so I cannot react to it. Well if they do bend over, they should keep bending. That is their problem.”

Segun, who is also a voice over artist, acting coach, and singer, however, expressed his apathy towards the speculations that some of his industry colleagues may be indulging in the act. He said:

“They are adults and they have a right to do whatever they want to do. It is none of my business.”

Segun Arinze further went on to harp on the fact that he prefers to live a straightforward and professional life, stressing that he avoids unnecessary controversies.

He continued:

“I am not going to concern myself with that. I do not like those lash backs, I like living my life straightforward, doing my business and being a professional that I am.”

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