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Olusegun Osaniyi (Lord of Ajasa)

Biography

Olusegun Osaniyi (born July 16, 1982) who is known by his stage name “Lord of Ajasa” or ”Alariwo of Africa” is a Nigerian rapper and the CEO of Apashe Records.[1][2] He is a native of Akure, Ondo State. He was given the name “the Lord of Flavor” (Ajasa is Yoruba term for flavor) in his polytechnic days in Ondo state, where he majored in Quantity Survey.[1] He raps primarily in Yoruba Language.[3][4]“Ma yi lo” was his first track which made him popular and it came out in 2000.”[1] In the beginning of his career, he collaborated with 9ice,Olamide, and the late Dagrin, among other Nigerian singers. Due to his health challenge,which was diagnosed of peptic ulcer, he left the music industry with the claim he was into other businesses which required time to stabilize.

News / Ranking / Titbits / Awards

His impact has been acknowledge by institutions that have deemed it worthy to honor his creative ingenuity, winner of the Best Rap Indigenous Category of the Afro Hip Hop Society Awards 2001; Nominee in the category Lyricist On The Roll in Hip Hop World Awards in 2006.

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