DIPP

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DIPP
Birth name Oladidupo Ogundele
Also known as Dipp Amayzine, Half Man half Amazing
Born (1980-06-20) June 20, 1980
Genres RnB, pop
Occupation(s) Singer, dancer, songwriter
Years active 2000–present
Labels Effyzzie Entertainment
Associated acts Maytronomy, Waje, M.I, Jesse Jagz, Da Grin
Website Reverbnation/Dipp

Oladipupo Ogundele (popularly known as DIPP), born 1980 in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria, is a Nigerian singer-songwriter and dancer. He has won several music awards including the awards for Best Choreography at the NMVA - Nigerian Music Video Awards 2010'.[1] He adopted the stage name DIPP from the shortening of his first name.

Biography

Born as Oladipupo Ogundele into a family of five boys in the early eighties, Dipp began his musical career at the age of nine, singing along to the hits of Michael Jackson while imitating the dance moves of the master of the falsettos and stage performance.

Education

Dipp has a B.Sc in Building from the Ahmadu Bello University, Nigerian Universities, Zaria.

Music career

A singer/songwriter, Dipp, started recording his debut solo album in 2005; the album now complete, will bring to the listener a perfect harmony of indigenous and international renditions of the R&B genre while vividly describing the struggles of a man striving to achieve his destiny. In 2009, he won the Best Special Effects and Editing award at the Sound City Music Awards for his Dangerous which was directed by special-effects wizard, MEX. Later in the year he released his second single Pop Off Selecta. When the video dropped in 2010 DIPP produced yet another stunning video with the aid of MEX. In less than two months Pop Off Selecta had risen up the charts and peaked at the number one spot in Sound City Top Ten Videos chart for many weeks. He recently won two awards at the NMVA2010 - Best Use of Special Effects and Best Choreography.

Discography

Debut album Future Is Now (2011)[2] features the hits

  1. Fly Away[3]
  2. Let It Go ft. Sossick
  3. I Do
  4. Which Is the Way
  5. Follow Me Go
  6. Kosorombe ft. Da Grin
  7. Snow in Africa
  8. Good Girls ft. YQ
  9. Jeje
  10. Rock Your Body ft. Yemi Alade
  11. Jezebel ft. Waje
  12. Pop Off Selecta
  13. Fire in the Club ft. Maytronomy
Bonus tracks

Awards

Year Institution Nominated Work Award Result
2009 SMVA Dangerous ft. M.I Best Special Effect Editing Won
2009 SMVA Dangerous ft. M.I Best Choreography Nominated
2009 SMVA Dangerous ft. M.I Best R&B or Pop Video Nominated
2010 NMVA Pop Off Selecta Best Use of Choreography Won
2010 NMVA Pop Off Selecta Best Use of Effects Won
2010 NMVA Pop Off Selecta Video of the Year Nominated
2010 NMVA Pop Off Selecta Best Use of Costume Nominated
2011 NMVA Kosorombe ft. Da Grin Best Choreography Nominated
2011 NMVA Kosorombe ft. Da Grin Best R&B Video Nominated

Management

Effyzzie Entertainment which was nominated for the "Best Producer" NMVA 2010.[1] DIPP is one of the partners and the first artist to be produced under this label.

References

  1. 1 2 "Nigeria Music Video Awards – NMVA 2010 – Winners & Photos". Bellanaija.com. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Album Sale". Justjojoentertainment.com. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
  3. ↑ "Fly Away Video". youtube.com.

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