Zlatan Turns Talent Show Car Win Into Transport Business

Nigerian rapper Temidayo Omoniyi, popularly known as Zlatan Ibile, has opened up about his struggles as a student and aspiring musician before achieving fame.

The Zanku crooner revealed that despite winning the Airtel One Mic Talent Show in 2014, financial hardship forced him to use the car he won from the competition for a transport business while studying at Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta.

“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 recounted in an interview with popular streamer Shank Comics.

Zlatan, who was only 19 at the time, said the experience taught him resilience and determination while pursuing his music dreams.

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His major breakthrough came in 2017 when he featured Olamide on his hit track “My Body”, a collaboration he described as the turning point of his career.

The Zanku Records boss has often credited Olamide for giving him a “life-changing” verse that helped launch him into mainstream success.