Nigerian rapper and singer, Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael, aka Zlatan Ibile, has hailed YBNL boss, Olamide, for adding value to his music career and many others without making noise about it.
Zlatan revealed that Olamide was one of those who skyrocketed his career to the next level.
The “Bolanle” crooner, who has released lots of songs after his debut track, “My Body“, featuring Olamide has shared that the YBNL boss has a pivotal role in his success.
In a now trending video, Zlatan spoke about how Olamdie called him and took him to another studio to record his hit song.
The father-of-one also made mention of a number of artists in the industry, who have benefited from Olamide’s benevolence. The likes of Adekunle God, Ycee, Dotman, Young John, Pheelz, Fire Boy, and Asake.
TheNewsguru.com reports that Zlatan is the chief executive officer and founder of Zanku records.
In 2014, he won the Airtel-sponsored One Mic talent show held in 2014, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Towards the end of 2018, Zlatan released a single titled “Zanku”, with a new dance routine of the same name.
On 3 November 2019, he released his debut studio album Zanku, an acronym for Zlatan Abeg No Kill Us.
The artiste claimed in 2020 that it was his dream to become a footballer, not a musician.
Zlatan was born and raised in Ilorin, Kwara State but has family roots in Ijurin, Ekiti State.
In 2011, he graduated with a national diploma in business administration from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic.
Zlatan decided to pursue a career in music after graduating from secondary school.
When he was 19 years old, he won the Airtel-sponsored 2014 edition of “One Mic Campus Tour” music competition, which was held in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
He gained recognition in the Nigerian music industry after releasing the Olamide-assisted track “My Body” in 2017.
In 2018, Lawrence Irabor, one of the co-owner of Alleluyah Boiz Entertainment sign Zlatan to their record label A.B.E. record when he heard the song Zlatan sang with Olamide.‘I Don’t Regret Signing Zlatan To A.B.E Records’
Zlatan gained further exposure following his collaboration with Chinko Ekun and Lil Kesh on the 2018 hit single “Able God”.
Shortly afterwards, he dropped “Zanku”, a song that was accompanied by a dance routine of the same name.
Towards the end of 2018, Zlatan released the Davido-assisted track “Osanle”.
In early 2019, he released “Glory” before being featured on Burna Boy’s “Killin Dem”, a track from the latter’s fourth studio album African Giant.
Shortly afterwards, he was featured on Ceeza Milli’s “Flenjo” and Naira Marley’s “Am I a Yahoo Boy”.
On 26 July 2019, Zlatan announced he signed an endorsement deal with Coca-Cola.
