5. Olamide vs Don Jazzy
We didn’t have to wait for a month before the controversies began in 2016. In a little over 24 hours, the whole of Nigerian online space was agog with the news of the rancour between rapper Olamide and music producer Don Jazzy.
The fight began at the 2015 Headies which held on January 1, 2016, when Reekado Banks of the Mavins, beat Lil Kesh of YBNL to The Next Rated category award.
An obviously displeased Olamide vented his anger at the snub of his act who according to him should have won, stating that every Lil Kesh song in 2015 was a hit, back-to-back.
Reacting to Olamide’s action, Don Jazzy took a direct swipe at the rapper, saying, “Egbon Olamide, if you want the car, come and collect it”.
Not one to back out from a fight, Olamide took to his Twitter account to vent, as he ‘threatened’ the Mavin boss, using various expletives.
That same day, the rapper took to his Instagram account to apologise to his fans and to Nigerians for his outburst.
6. Olajumoke (Bread seller turned model)
At the beginning of the year, the nation was hit with the grass to grace story of Olajumoke Orisaguna, an Agege bread seller turned model.
Olajumoke’s journey to prominence started when she photobombed a Tinie Tempah photoshoot done by ace photographer TY Bello.
After seeing the picture, TY Bello began a search for Olajumoke until she found her.
The 27-year-old mother of two moved from a bread seller to being featured on the cover of Thisday Style. Tempah also chose her as his #WomanCrushWednesday on Instagram.
Her story was featured on the Huffington Post and CNN, as she also became the most searched Nigerian on Google at a time.
She was signed by Few Model Management and became the face of online store Payporte.
To help make her a better communicator, she was sent to Poise Graduate Finishing Academy and was also giving a luxury apartment by Sujimoto Construction Ltd.
As she rose to fame, tongues started wagging that she would start looking down at her husband of six years, Sunday Orisaguna now that she had “blown”. But Sunday allayed those fears, saying he trusted her to remain a good wife.
Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
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