‘My family could not afford 3-square meal’ – Singer Olamide opens up

SENSATIONAL singer, Olamide Adedeji popularly known as Badoo who just released his long-awaited album, UYSCUTI, has disclosed some of the challenges he has while growing up and how his family could barely afford 3 square meals daily.

According to the father of two in an interview with The Guardian UK, he grew up in the ghetto and 3-square meal daily was a big deal to his family.

Speaking further, the Eni Duro crooner said that the difficulties he had growing up motivated his hustle because he wanted to experience something different.

“Surviving was hard. Bariga was not far from the other slums you see across the world, from Mumbai to New York and London – life in the ghetto is almost always the same everywhere.

“There were days when being able to afford three square meals was a big deal for my family. All of that motivated me to hustle hard – I wanted to see the whole world and experience different cultures from what I grew up seeing,” the 32-year-old said.

Olamide was born in Bariga, Lagos State, on the March 15, 1989. He studied mass communication at Tai Solarin University but dropped out due to financial problems.

He started his career when he released the debut single, “Eni Duro,” in 2010, and the same year, he performed at the Hip Hop World Awards.