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Popular Nigerian singer, Omoniyi Raphael better known as Zlatan Ibile has revealed that it took months to master his role in the popular movie ‘Gangs of Lagos’.

The hip-hop artist Zlatan Ibile played the role of a notorious gangster in the crime thriller called Kash. He mentioned that his role was difficult to play.

During a recent chat with media personality, Samuel Eni, Zlatan told the host that it took months for him to learn the karate moves for the movie.

He also disclosed that he quit music temporarily to focus on mastering his role in the movie for Gang of Lagos, a movie that premiered on 7th April 2023.

He said, “I have always wanted to act. I had a picture in my head. But I didn’t want it to be just any kind of movie. So, when I was called up that they wanted me to be in a movie by Amazon Prime, I said, ‘Yes, this is the actual one I want.’

“It took me months to go learn those Jet Li moves, Jackie Chan moves. It was stressful a little bit. I took out my time. I had to like pause recording music for a while. It took us like two months or so and then we rounded up [with the shooting of the movie]. The movie was shot in 2021.”

Zlatan Ibile, the Nigerian hip-hop artist, has explained that streaming giant, Apple Music chart is now like a report card for the country’s musicians.

He said most Nigerian artists check the position of their songs on the chart before they pray in the morning.

The Zanku crooner stated this while featuring as a guest on the latest episode of the Afrobeats Podcast hosted by Adesope.

He said, “People [artists] that don’t take their online presence seriously before, started looking into it. People that don’t care about their royalty and then just focused on show money…Obviously, you make more money from shows, you just leave the royalties till you are ready. People started calling their DSPs, ‘How much do I have in Apple Music? How much in Spotify? How much in Audiomack?’

“So, that was when people started concentrating on the whole chart thing. Everybody wants to be on the chart. That is what people in the diaspora listen to… So, obviously, everyone wants to be on it. The chart [Apple Music] is like a report card now. Every artist when they wake up in the morning, most of us before we pray, we just go to Apple Music [to know what’s going on]. Before the next day, we even go to the chart to know where it [a song] is going to chart the next day.”

A really cute and heartwarming video of Nigerian singer Zlatan Ibile and his 3-year-old son, Shiloh, has emerged online.

The video has gone viral on social media, melting the hearts of fans, colleagues and followers.

In the video, shared on the singer’s Instagram page, Zlatan is seen relaxing on his son’s bed when Shiloh politely asks him to leave, explaining that he is too big for the bed.

Zlatan then asks his son where he should sleep, to which Shiloh suggests that he could relax on his mother’s bed, as that would suit him better than the small bed.

In his cute American accent, Shiloh tells his father, “I want to have my bed, please… No, Daddy, get off; you’re too big.”

Sharing the video on Instagram, Zlatan captioned it, “NO DADDY, YOU ARE TOO BIG.”

The heartwarming exchange between Zlatan and his son has since drawn sweet reactions from fans and followers, who were charmed by Shiloh’s accent and politeness.

Reacting, Nigerian superstar singer wrote, “Toooo cute”.

One fan of the singer wrote, “Awwww, knowing fully well where you come from, I had goosebumps to see your son speak in this accent.”

“Money good! See as this one dey speak American English inside Nigeria.” Another added.

Watch the cute video below

Zlatan Ibile and his son 😂😂❤️❤️ pic.twitter.com/8I8h6CVr0k

— Prom Prom🌚 (@effizzzyy) April 24, 2023