[Photo] : Olamide on the Cover of Mystreetz Magazine’s New Issue

Baddo Lee came straight out of his Lee Temple and has colossally grown
into one of Nigeria's biggest Rap artistes. Olamide has been feeding
us with hits after hits and in the process, upgraded his brand from
budding underground Hip-Hop act to a swanky Rapper who is now a
household name.

This is what Sesan Adeniji, the publisher of Mystreetz magazine, had
to say about their new issue:

'With the way the Nigerian music industry has continued to evolve,
sometimes, one needs to ask the question, what if? What if Fela hadn't
let go of his tussle with Orlando Julius for the ownership of highlife
jazz to discover Afro-beat? What if Sir Shina Peters had been content
with the music genre he tussled for with Segun Adewale and he hadn't
pioneered Afro Juju? What if Prince Nico Mbarga hadn't sang 'Sweet
Mother' and Tu Face never recorded 'African queen'? The answers are
not far fetch. Nigerian music wouldn't have been widely recognized and
respected as it is today without the record set by these brave hearts
who took the road less travelled and refused to join the bandwagons.


We live in an industry where the copycat syndrome is the order of the
day and the few who dare to do something different are hardly
encouraged from the onset except when they beat the odds to
breakthrough. We at Mystreetz magazine have always stood out to report
what is different and Just like we once projected with 'Olamide's eye
on the Rap throne' which was the first time he graced the cover of
Mystreetz magazine. Musically, his stock has risen ever since, so much
that he became the first artiste to grace the magazine's cover for the
second time. To us, he is one of the few Nigerian artistes that
followed the road less travelled. Determined to live his dream driven
by rapping in his mother's tongue. He is arguably, the only artiste
that has become so successful after ticked off as a replica. So the
Question now is What is workinng for Olamide?