Olamide Becomes The First African Rapper To Achieve This With ‘Carpe Diem’

Baddo na baba and this fact is one we’re revisited with as Olamide becomes the first rapper to cross a spanking new milestone in Africa with Carpe Diem.

By Ademola Bashorun

Nigerian veteran street-hop rapper and music mogul, Olamide, popularly known as Baddo has crossed a continental milestone as his Carpe Diem album surpasses 100 million streams on Spotify.

This achievement was announced by music aggregate blog, Album Talks on the 5th of July and sees Olamide become the first rapper to attain these heights in Africa.

Released in October, 2020, Carpe Diem is Olamide’s eleventh studio album and featured new-age talents like Omah Lay, Bad Boy Timz, Fave and others with smash hits like Infinity, Loading and Green Light. Following its release, the project had charted in multiple countries and in October 2021 had grossed half a million streams across all platforms.