Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael, nicknamed Zlatan Ibile, a Nigerian musician and rapper, has stated that his 2017 collaboration single with Olamide, ‘My Body,’ was a watershed moment in his career.
He described the YBNL boss’s gift of a lyric as “life-changing.”
In a recent interview with prominent YouTuber Korty EO, Zlatan described how he kept pestering Olamide for a collaboration via his social media DM and how, despite initial disappointments, it eventually happened.
He said,
“Olamide giving me a verse at that time was life-changing for me. I was always tracking him and begging him in the DM for a verse.
“He gave me appointments twice but they didn’t materialise until the third time. He invited me to his house and because I was doing more rap, I thought we would be doing a rap song, then all of a sudden, Olamide started singing an Afrobeats song, ‘My Body.’ He did that because he knew it was what would make me an instant star.
“I recorded my verse and that was how my story changed.”