LIVE ON DAGRIN: Things You Don’t Know About Him

Today April 22nd marks the 5th anniversary of Dagrin's(Oladapo Olaitan Olaonipekun) death. He took indigenous street rap to another level and has remained irreplaceable even in death... He was just 22 when he died. He would have been 27 now.


Here are few things no one will tell you about Dagrin:

1) The Rapper attended Meiran community primary school, Roseille Nursery and Primary School, Meiran Community high school and Egbado College.

2) Dagrin’s mother, Mrs. Olaonipekun, was the second of his father’s three wives.

3) He was 22 years old when he died in a car accident.

4) His father’s speech at the candle light ceremony was the rap he did to the song he was featured in by YQ, titled: ‘Efimile’….

5) His ill-fated car, Nissan Maxima was a 2008 model and carried the number plate, DAGRIN 03

6) His father’s nickname is Nelly. He has a music store located at Meiran bus stop, ‘House of Nelly sounds’ store where he used to stay before moving to Surulere.

7) The late rapper’s body was brought into the cemetery for burial in a black Ebony Escalade Cadillac ESV 2007 model.

8) His Twitter ID was @Dagrinfimile, Facebook was Dagrin fimilejo. He had 4,930 friends on Facebook.

9) The last time he logged on to twitter was on Thursday April 8, 2010.

10) He got the nickname Barack O’Grin from the remix song he did with General Pype titled ‘Champion’.

May he continue to rest in peace..