Nigerian rapper Temidayo Omoniyi, popularly known as Zlatan Ibile, has opened up about his humble beginnings and the struggles he faced as a student at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The Zanku crooner revealed that despite winning the Airtel One Mic Talent show in 2014, he continued to face financial challenges.
According to him, the car he received as a prize from the competition became his means of survival, as he used it for a transport business at night to support his education and daily needs.
“Back in school, when there was no money for food, I would just wait till night and use the car I won from the Airtel One Mic Talent show to run cab from Abeokuta to Shagamu for ₦350,” he recalled in an interview with popular streamer, Shank Comics.
Zlatan, who won the competition at age 19, said his major breakthrough in the music industry came in 2017 when he featured Olamide on his hit track My Body.
The Zanku Music boss has previously described the collaboration as the turning point of his career, crediting Olamide for giving him a “life-changing” verse.
