By Kemi Adebola
Tragedy has hit Nigerian music industry as a fast rising rapper, Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji fondly known as Oladips passed on at age 28.
The late singer shed more light on his travails in a new record released in October.
In the record, the singer prayed against untimely death.
The record titled ‘Die Young’ from his soon-to-be-released album, ‘ Superhero Adugbo (The Memoir)’, saw the rapper expressing fears of dying young and only gaining fame after his demise.
A part of the lyrics go thus, “So I hope that I will get my flowers before I lose my powers and everything that makes me a human (being)
“Yes, I’m free; I just wanna live and express how I feel. I don’t wanna leave (I don’t wanna die young). Breathe, make I breathe.
“I just wanna live. I dey practice what I preach, I don’t wanna leave. Oluwa jowo make I no die before my time.”
Oladips hit the spotlight after signing a record deal with rapper Remilekun Khalid Safaru, aka Reminisce’s Les Roses Rouge (LRR)/Edge Record.
According to a close friend, the rising star died on Tuesday after battling with an un disclosed ailment. The friend said, “I had been in touch with him.
The close friend said the rising star died on Tuesday after battling with an undisclosed ailment. The friend said, “I had been in touch with him.
I learnt he had been ill but I did not know it was so serious. I reached out to him on Tuesday but he did not pick up my calls that was when I suspected that something had happened. It Is very sad news but he is dead.”
Also, his associate Abdul Rasheed posted a disturbing video via Instagram on Tuesday night, showing the rapper looking lifeless after collapsing.
In the video, voices could be heard calling out the rapper’s name. One of the voices could be heard saying, “Dips, Dips, wetin be this abeg.”(sic). They tried waking up the music artiste but their efforts proved fruitless at the time.
Moreso, his management announced the passing of the 28-year-old singer via his Instagram page on Wednesday afternoon. The statement announcing the demise of the rapper hints that he has been battling with an unstated ailment for the past two years.