Slimcase: Biography And Net Worth

Oluwafemi Oladapo is his real name, but widely and professionally known as Slimcase. He is a famous Nigerian recording artist, rapper, songwriter, hypeman and actor who has gained prominence for being one of the promoters of the street dance.

He was born August 22, 1982 in Ikorodu area of Lagos State. Slimcase grew up in Lagos with his parents. He is an indigene of Lagos State where he had his primary and secondary education respectively.

Slimcase’s Music Career

Slimcase started off as a hypman. This was the beginning of his greatness as he moved from performing at a single job to doing gigs at various Clubs and over time, he became one of the highest-paid hypemen in Lagos State.

Prior to this development, Slimcase was known in his senior school to be doing rapping in English and sometimes infusing his native dialect, Yoruba into his songs.

He became professionally known in music in 2017 when he met indigenous rapper, Idowest who then featured him on the popular single, ‘Shepeteri’.

The song was a massive hit, as it received a vote of being one of the top-charting street pop songs of 2017 and 2018 respectively.

The song also helped to promote the street dance, Shaku Shaku, which became the preferred dance move of many Nigerians.

Slimcase built on his talents and eventually released his own hit songs, ‘Oshozondi’ and ‘Otunba Lamba’. The songs were indeed a huge success and gained popularity among Street-Pop music lovers, which earned him many collaboration opportunities.

The talented Yoruba rapper has so far released a good number of hit singles, most notably:

  • Azaman
  • Ijoba
  • Bushman
  • Focus Vibe
  • MajeOmo
  • Mr Dickson
  • Oh Baby
  • Kalamo
  • Watch
  • Furoonaire
  • Lambaxtra
  • Pongila
  • Gucci Snake
  • Overload
  • Ringtone, among  others.

Slimcase is famous with Afropop and hip-hop and has since worked with top Nigerian biggest artistes including Tiwa Savage, DJ Neptune, Mr Real, D’banj, DJ Enimoney, Olamide, Zlatan Ibile, 2Baba, Larry Gaaga, Mz Kiss, Wizkid, Yemi Alade, Mr Eazi, CDQ and Peruzzi.

Awards and Nominations

Slimcase has in the course of his music career won the 2018 City People Entertainment Award for Best Collabo.

He has also been nominated for Best Street-Hop Artiste at The Headies and Best New Act at the Nigerian Entertainment Awards in 2018.

Aside music, Slimcase is also a good actor with brilliant movies to his credit. He has starred in various and highly commercial movies including “Omo Ghetto The Saga”, produced by Funke Akindele-Bello.

His Personal Life

Slimcase is not yet married, but believed to be in a relationship which will soonest blossom into marriage.

He is an influential figure in the Nigerian music industry, currently aspiring higher to dominate the music world.

READ ALSO  Actress Bukola Awoyemi: Biography And Net Worth

Slimcase is said to be of help to aspiring upcoming artistes to achieve success in the music industry by organizing a weekly IG Live session for rappers.

Slimcase’s Net Worth

Slimcase is indeed a talent in the entertainment world who has made a huge fortune, with an estimated net worth of about $450,000 dollars.

He is very prominent on social as one of the most influential Nigerian rappers with over 2.3 million followers on Instagram. You can reach or follow Slimcase on:

  • Intstagram handle – @iam_slimcase
  • Twitter handle – @iam_slimcase

A million thanks for reading about Slimcase’s biography and net worth. Your comments are also welcome.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *