The much-awaited season five of BBNaija, a popular reality TV show, on Sunday, July 19, 2020, commenced.
Since the starting of the show, the crop of housemates selected to be on the show for in the coming weeks, have been attracting mixed reactions from viewers.
Amongst the contestants who stirred up a buzz at the show launch was Laycon. His jacket coupled with his ghetto-like appearance on Sunday, became a subject of social media ridicule, as users likened him to all sorts -from being a drug peddler to a street hawker.
At different times since the show premiered, Laycon has been the No. 1 trending topic on major social media platforms, including Twitter and Instagram. It is in this light that eelive.ng presents below the six things that many BBNaija viewers may not know about him:
- Laycon’s real name is Olamilekan Agbeleshe
- He is 26-year-old.
- Laycon is a talented singer and rapper.
- He has an 8 track EP to his credit, in which he featured music stars like –Reminisce, Chinko Ekun, amongst others.
- He is a graduate of philosophy from the University of Lagos (UNILAG).
- Laycon is the best graduating student from UNILAG’s Department of Arts in 2016.