{"id":59455,"date":"2025-01-12T06:54:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T06:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59455"},"modified":"2025-01-12T06:54:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T06:54:41","slug":"olamide-becomes-first-african-rapper-to-hit-1-billion-spotify-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/12\/olamide-becomes-first-african-rapper-to-hit-1-billion-spotify-streams\/","title":{"rendered":"Olamide Becomes First African Rapper to Hit 1 Billion Spotify Streams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Our Correspondent\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian rapper Olamide has made history as the first African rapper to surpass 1 billion career streams on Spotify.<\/p>\n<p>The milestone is a testament to his pioneering role in blending Afrobeats with rap, which has significantly contributed to his global reach.<\/p>\n<p>Olamide\u2019s achievement underscores his influence on the African music scene, with his innovative approach to blending indigenous sounds with contemporary rap resonating across various international audiences.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, Olamide continued to make waves in the global music industry when he became the first African rapper to receive a Grammy nomination.<\/p>\n<p>His collaboration with Asake on the track \u2018Amapiano\u2019 earned a nomination in the inaugural Best African Music Performance category, although the award ultimately went to Tyla\u2019s \u2018Water\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2024, Nigerian singer Crown Uzama, popularly known as Shallipopi, honored Olamide by crowning him the &#8220;King of Nigerian Street Music&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview on Naija FM, Shallipopi expressed his admiration for Olamide\u2019s role in shaping the street music scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaddo is the father and king of Nigerian street music. I had to feature him on \u2018Order\u2019 because it\u2019s a street song, and Olamide owns the street,\u201d Shallipopi said.<\/p>\n<p>This sentiment is widely shared across the music industry, as Olamide has been a trailblazer in bringing street pop into the mainstream, solidifying it as a distinct genre in Nigerian and global music culture.<\/p>\n<p>Olamide&#8217;s collaborations with artists like CKay on &#8220;Wahala,&#8221; Rybeena on &#8220;Wise 2.0,&#8221; and Liya on &#8220;Vibes on Vibes&#8221; further showcase his versatility and enduring influence in the music industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Correspondent\u00a0 Nigerian rapper Olamide has made history as the first African rapper to surpass 1 billion career streams on Spotify. The milestone is a testament to his pioneering role in blending Afrobeats with rap, which has significantly contributed to his global reach. Olamide\u2019s achievement underscores his influence on the African music scene, with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-59455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59455"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59457,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59455\/revisions\/59457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}