Zlatan Ibile Biography, Career & Lots More

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Zlatan Ibile is a fast-rising Nigerian hip hop singer, songwriter, and

dancer. He is popularly known as Zlatan. His real name is Omoniyi

Temidayo Raphael, he was born on the 19th of December 1994.









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The history of Zlatan’s music journey can be traced to 2014 when

Zlatan won the Airtel-sponsored One Mic talent show held in Abeokuta,

Ogun State. Assisted by Olamide, he also released a song titled ‘My

body’.



At the end of 2018, Zlatan released yet another single titled

Zanku’, and a new dance step with the same name. Zanku is an acronym

for Zlatan Abeg No Kill Us. There is much more to know about Zlatan.

Read on to know about Zlatan’s journey, net worth, Career, and lots

more.









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Zlatan Ibile- Biography



Zlatan’s real name is Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael. Zlatan is a hip hop

artist, rapper, singer, songwriter, and recording artist. He was born

and raised in Ilorin but hails from Ekiti State. Zlatan attended the

Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and in 2011, graduated with a national

diploma in business administration. Zlatan decided to pursue a career

in music after his secondary school education.



In 2014 (at the age of 19), Zlatan won the Airtel-sponsored One Mic

talent show held in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Zlatan began gaining more

recognition in the Nigerian music industry in 2017 after releasing

‘My body’ where Olamide assisted him. Zlatan has proven himself to

be a gifted, skillful, creative, and talented artist. He has grown to

be a household name in Nigeria’s entertainment industry.







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Inventing Zanku Dance Step



Zlatan is credited with the invention of the very popular dance step,

“Zanku- leg work†dance step. At the end of 2018, Zlatan released

a single titled “Zanku†which is an acronym for Zlatan Abeg No

Kill Us.



Music Career



Zlatan launched his musical career shortly after graduating from

secondary school in 2011. In 2014, he won Airtel’s “One Mic Campus

Tour†music competition which was held in Abeokuta, Ogun State.



He became popular in the Nigerian music scene when he released a

single titled “My Body†featuring Olamide. The song became popular

after a video of Davido dancing to the song went viral on the

internet. Zlatan has made some remarkable collaborations with other A

list Nigerian artistes. In 2018, Zlatan gained further exposure when

he was featured on “Able God†a hit song by Chinko Ekun which also

featured Nigerian rapper Li Kesh. Not long after, he dropped a new

song titled “Zanku†which was accompanied by a crazy new dance

move popularly known as Leg Work.



At the end of 2018, Zlatan released yet another hit song titled

“Osanle†in which he featured Davido. In 2019, he released another

single titled “Gloryâ€







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Zlatan was featured on Burna boy’s hit single, “Killing dem†.

Zlatan is credited with coming up with the very popular Zanku dance.



Nominations and Awards



Zlatan has suffered some losses in terms of awards. In October 2019,

he was nominated for Next Rated at the Headies Award but lost the

award to Rema.



He was nominated twice at the Headies Award but ended up not winning

any of these awards. Many of his fans were angered and blamed the

Headies for manipulating the award. Despite the losses, Zlatan has

become very influential in the Nigerian entertainment industry. Zlatan

signed an endorsement deal with Coca-cola on the 26th of July, 2019.



Zlatan- Controversies



Zlatan has been involved in a number of controversies such as that of

a 9-years-old boy named Segun Wire in 2017. The young boy surfaced on

Instagram in a video where he revealed his desire to become an

internet fraudster. The video evoked different reactions from the

general public although it was later discovered that the boy was only

playing pranks.



Zlatan Ibile decided to do something about the boy. He created an

Instagram account for the boy and started promoting him as a comedian.

Zlatan later decided to send the boy to a private school and pay for

his general upkeep. These actions of his later turned sour.



In 2018, Zlatan Ibile was accused of using the 9-years-old boy as a

means of extortion. It was also reported that some thugs related to

the family of the young boy attacked and assaulted Zlatan Ibile.

Zlatan cut ties with the boy and released a song with Harrysong to

explain what happened to his fans. The incident did not affect his

growing career negatively.







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Another controversy sparked during the 2019 BB naija reality TV show

when Zlatan released a diss track to make fun of Tacha. This was after

Tacha had been accused of having body odour by her fellow housemate,

Mercy. Many of Tacha’s fans as well as other celebrities condemned

the act and described it as wrong especially because of the effect(s)

it could have on Tacha’s mental health. Zlatan downplayed the

incident by saying he was just having fun.



Arrest and release



In May 2019, the EFCC arrested Zlatan and a few others including Naira

Marley, and accused them of internet fraud and money laundering. A few

days later, Zlatan was released on administrative bail



Zlatan- Net worth



Zlatan Ibile’s net worth is estimated at $1.5 million. Zlatan gets

his money from his songs that have been a hit in the music industry

and from numerous show bookings which fetch him a lot of money.



Awards and Nominations



City People Music Awards- Rookie of the year



City People Music Award- Next Rated



City People Music Award- Best Street Hop Artiste



The Headies- Best Collaboration- With Burna Boy for ‘Killin Dem’ (Won)



The Headies- Song of the Year- ‘Leg work’



The Headies- Song of the Year- Leg work



African Muzik Magazine Awards- Best New Act



African Muzik Magazine Awards- Best Collaboration- With Burna Boy for

‘Killin Dem’ (Won)



African Muzik Magazine Awards- Song of the Year- Killing Dem



Singles released by Zlatan



Odun (featuring Spaceboi)



Omoge



My Body featuring Olamide



Jogor featuring Lil Kesh and Naira Marley



Zanku (Legwork)



Oja



Osanle (featuring Davido)



This year



4 days in Ekohtiebo



Featured



Killin Dem (featuring Burna boy)



Shotan (featuring Tiwa Savage)



Bolanle (With IVD)



Gbeku (featuring Burna boy)



Yeye Boyfriend



Quilox



Unripe Pawpaw (featuring Papisnoop, Jamo Pyper and Oberz)



Road to CDK













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