Oladips, a Nigerian street-hop rapper, has denied faking his death to promote his new album ‘Superhero Adugbo’.
He blamed it on rapper Qdot.
Oladips confronted Qdot on his Instagram story, claiming that they hadn’t spoken in over a year prior to the incident.
He went on to say that the social media speculation was all put together by bloggers and people attempting to cancel him.
His post read:
“There was never a video or post of me telling Nigerians ‘heyy everyone it’s all a prank ” it was all speculation based on hearsay and clout chasing . blogger’s misleading gullible Nigerians for likes and comments”.
Oladips emphasised that he was fighting for his life at the time his death was announced, and that Qdot was the reason it appeared he faked his death.
“I know there is cruise. There is clout. And then there is truth! Qdot, the reason why you posted ‘My gee is alive’ at a time my family was unsure of my situation is so appalling and uncalled for. I dey where I dey struggle with my life, you dey post ‘My gee is alive.’ Unnecessarily misleading everyone. Made it look like me and you just had a conversation. Bro, I went through it and anything could have happened. The last me and you had any conversation was January 2, 2022. I get proof and I will soon tell the story in full! Cos why una dey always do like this for this industry tori olorun?,” he continued.
Qdot was not the only one who received a scolding from Oladips. He also called out his childhood friend Wavy, claiming that he contributed to the idea by posting old videos on social media. However, that same friend had previously stated that his post was simply him being in denial about Oladips’ “death.”
The rapper’s management announced the heartbreaking news on November 15, 2023, noting that he died in the late hours of November 14, 2023. The rapper had ‘been battling his illness privately for the past two years’, according to the post.
The now deleted post read,
“We are saddened to inform the general public that Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji aka OLADIPS passed away yesterday Nov’14th Tuesday evening, at exactly 10:14pm. We are still in shock as we speak! For over 2 years he has kept his battles within himself,his body is now with his family & funeral services will be announced as soon as it is concluded! The family asked that we respect their privacy in this trying time. May God give us all the fortitude to bear this great loss. (amen).”
The rapper left out the fact that he was pronounced dead by his own management in his lengthy Instagram story rant, and social media users have continued to call him out on it.
