American rapper, Wale has revealed that Nigerian rapper, Olamide Adedeji a.k.a Olamide Baddo is one of his sources of inspiration.
The Nigerian-American artiste, whose real name is Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, says he looks up to rapper Olamide Adedeji and has described the YBNL record label founder as a “fast worker” who is very talented.
During a recent interview with Okay- Africa, the rapper said;
“he’s(Olamide) one of the fastest workers and one of the most dynamic writers I know in any genre. “He’s very, very talented. I look up to him a lot in that sense.” When asked about his relationship with Davido, he said: “I’ve known him for a long time.
I think I met him in DC several years ago. We just always stayed in contact with each other. “Obviously, Davido is in a different city every two days, maybe another country every two days. We always stay in touch. Any time we’re close, we always link up.” Wale, who recently joined Warner Records, disclosed that Davido, Wizkid, Phyno and Olamide will be on his upcoming project. He said: “You’re always going to see Davido and me together. I just did a song with Phyno. Even Kwesta and Sampha, I got love for South Africa. I spread it.”
It may be recalled that Wale teamed up with Olamide and Davido for a single titled ‘Fine Girl’ in 2017
