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Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman, the Nigerian singer, who is popularly known as Oxlade, has claimed that he started singing before he could talk.

Featuring in a recent episode of the ’90s Babies’ podcast, Oxlade claimed his parents told him that.

He explained that as a child he sang faster than he could follow up with talks.

“I started singing before I started talking. My parents told me that I started singing before I could even talk,” he explained.

“I sang faster than catching up with talks. That was what my parents told me. I feel like that was where it [my talent] all started from.”

Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman, the sensational Nigerian singer, who is popularly known as Oxlade, has revealed why he abandoned his university degree programme in his final year.

The ‘Ku Lo Sa’ crooner said he was studying at Lagos State University, LASU, but dropped out in his final year because some cultists were after his life.

He said the cultists were pressuring him to join their gang but he declined and fled the campus.

He disclosed this in the latest episode of the Tea With Tay podcast, hosted by actor, Temisan Emmanuel Ahwieh, aka Taymesan.

Oxlade said, “During my university days, I was always in the church reading bible and books. Then I dropped out in my final year.

“I’ve never said this before. I dropped out when some boy were trying to make me join gang. One day, my grandma called me asking where I am. I said I was in campus and she said I should start coming to our family home in Ibadan.

“I went to Ibadan. That day, those cultists, they almost killed my roommates. That’s why I appreciate my grandma’s importance in my life. Truly, there’s God. And I’m saying this with my full chest, God has saved me countless times.”

Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman, the sensational Nigerian singer, popularly known as Oxlade, has revealed the songs he wishes he sang.

The 26-year-old said he wishes he sang ‘You’ by Omah Lay and ‘King’ by Fireboy DML.

Oxlade made this known in a recent interview with Beat 99.9 FM, Lagos.

He said, “The song I wish I sang that I really wish I sang… They are two actually. There is ‘You’ by Omah Lay. I feel like I would murder that song with vocals.

“And then there is ‘King’ by Fireboy. That song… For the first time in my life, I really wanted to be the person that sang ‘King.’ Fireboy is my best friend. We are pretty close.”

Popular Nigerian singer,  Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman, better known as Oxlade, has disclosed that he had to do odd jobs to make ends meet after he ran away from home to pursue his music career.

He said at one point he sold bus tickets—a job of motor park touts, popularly called “agbero.”

In a recent interview, the music star disclosed that he had to leave home because his lecturer dad didn’t initially support his decision to be a musician.

He said: “Honestly, he [my dad] was indifferent at first. But my stubbornness and consistency paid off [laughs].

“I ran away from the house at some point in my life to pursue music personally. And I had to do all sorts of stuff to survive. Selling bus tickets and selling foods at parties.”

Stressing that he is from the ‘streets of Surulere’ in Lagos, he avowed that “if you can survive in Surulere, you can survive anywhere.”

He added that the experience he had in the ghetto helped him make better decisions.

Watch video below;

"I ran away from home at some point… I sold bus tickets and I sold food at parties"

– Oxlade pic.twitter.com/YwV0vOUAh1

— 🐬 @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) May 7, 2023

A Lagos High Court fined Nigerian artist Oxlade five million naira for leaking a woman’s sex tape on Snapchat.

Recall that in 2022, a sex tape was released on snapchat which involved a woman identified as John Blessing and Oxlade. In the video, the singer could be seen having fun with a lady who seems to be enjoying herself.

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Although Oxlade rendered an apology to the woman involved, she filed a suit against the singer seeking N20million damages and a disclosed that Oxlade leaked the sex tape without her consent.

The young woman stated that the act was a gross violation of her fundamental rights to dignity, privacy and freedom from discrimination.

In a judgment of the case by Justice Olalekan Oresanya, he described Oxlade’s actions as “despised, horrendous, distasteful and classless.”

“The action and attitude of the Respondent (Oxlade), who is said to be a celebrity, is despicable, horrendous, distasteful and classless. The Respondent is admonished strongly to act with utmost circumspection in his relationship with fellow humans, especially the opposite sex. “what goes around comes around”. I need not say more,” the judge said.

According to the judge, “The attitude of the Respondent towards the proceeding leaves much to be desired. The Respondent failed to appear in this Court and the only reason given for the Respondent’s absence by his erstwhile counsel was the Celebrity status of the Respondent which to my mind cannot be equated to that of many notable celebrity Artistes in this country who have comported themselves well respectably both within and outside of this country.

After the case was settled, Oxlade was asked to pay damages to the tune of N5million to the claimant in two instalments of N2million and N3million respectively.