If you want to be successful as the
Nigerian rapper known as Olamide, you
can read the secret to his success.
Olamide (27 Years Old) is one of Nigeria’s
biggest rappers. Since the success of his
sophomore album ‘ YBNL ‘ in 2012, Olamide
has been a main fixture not only in
Nigeria’s music scene but also in the
celebrity as well.
It’s not surprising to say that the YBNL
boss is one of the biggest male celebrities
today. He has millions of fans and he has
been able to convert his fame into some
sort f cult of personality.
While Olamide can be described as a
celebrity juggernaut, his fame and success
can be distilled into four simple things that
any aspiring celeb can practice and excel
at.
You can read all about them below:-
1. Be Consistent
Since his debut album in 2011, Olamide has
dropped an album every year. This year he
would be dropping his sixth solo album
In 2015 he released two albums- ‘ Eyan
Mayweather ‘ and the collaborative LP ‘ 2
Kings ‘ with his frequent collaborator
Phyno. Olamide has made it his business to
be consistently in your face which has
worked excellently for him. With so much
music to choose from these days, you
cannot but bump into a new song from
Olamide.
By doing this his buzz is all year around.
For upcoming celebrities this is a strong
lesson to take from Olamide. If you are into
movies, shoot round the clock and have
like 5-6 movies come out each year. If you
are a viral sensation flood social media
with your content. With this strategy your
face will be imprinted in the minds of
many people.
2. Quality Material
It’s not only about being consistent and
flooding the scene with your content. On
the other side of quantity is quality.
Olamide drops some of the best music in
this country now. This increases his
rankings and makes him very popular.
When you drop quality material it makes
you stand out from the crowd and once
you are not huddled with the pack, then
you are own your way to being a genuine
celebrity.
U.S rapper Wale doing the gunman pose
3. Trend/Go Viral
This cannot be stated enough. In 2016 the
ability to trend and go viral is an ability
every aspiring celebrity must possess to be
successful in the business.
From the gunman pose to the infusion of
the ‘sneh’ suffix to our street lexicon,
Olamide has proven himself to be a viral
machine. To truly dominate social media a
celebrity must know how to create content
that can easily go viral and trend on social
media.
Twitter, Instagram are the places where
trends are created.
Adekunle Gold’s ‘ Gold ‘ album listening
party
4. Influence
Olamide is not only does things above but
he is also influential. With his success he
has been able to jump start the careers of
many artistes and helped others to be
successful.
His YBNL imprint has helped launch the
careers of Lil Kesh and Adekunle Gold. His
constant collaboration with Phyno has
helped the Igbo rapper become a mainstay
in the South-West music scene. With
Olamide reaching out to work with so
many people his influence in the rap game
has increased. To be a successful celebrity
influence is key and to get that influence
you have to work with a lot of people.
Just keep it Real and Trust me, You’ll grow
bigger!!
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