Real Name:
Ladipo Eso
Music Genre:
Urban Pop
Rap
HipHop
AfroHiphop
Record Label:
Mavin Records
Date of birth:
01-04-1992
Age:
33
Nationality:
NIGERIA
Ladipoe
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Ladipo Eso popularly known as Ladipoe is a Nigerian rapper and musician. His unique style and intricate attention to the craft of rapping and making music have helped him carve a niche for in the industry. He rose to prominence with the song Feel Alright, where he got featured by SDC (Show Dem Camp). He also released a new single Jaiye in March 2019 before dropping the hit song, Know You featuring Nigerian Joromi singer, Simi in 2020.
Ladipoe was born and raised in Lagos where he had his early childhood. After his secondary school education, he moved to the United States where he had his college education at North Carolina, where he majored in both Biology and Chemistry.
His music career began in Nigeria after he finished college and returned back home. He was introduced to Tec of SDC by his mother. From that point, LadiPoe's music career began to grow after he featured in their hit song Feel Alright.
On 28 February 2017, he got signed to Mavin Records as their first-ever rap artist. Signing with Mavin Records signified a turning point in Poe’s career as he started gaining more exposure. Poe recorded his first single Man Already under the record label. He has since gotten to work with several of the best names in African music, including rappers like Ice Prince and Reminisce, M.I Abaga, producers like Juls, London, and Spax, and singers Simi, Seyi Shay, and Niyola.
Following the success of his first two singles under Mavin Records, Poe released his much-anticipated debut album, Talk About Poe (T.A.P). The album is a fusion of rap, dancehall, palm-wine music, and hip-hop. The wordsmith built his reputation as one of the best emcees by delivering killer verses on features. His most notable features are SDC’s Feel Alright and Falz’s Marry Me. The latter won the award for best collaboration at the 2015 Nigerian entertainment awards.
His big break came with the release of SDC's Feel Alright that features BOJ and Ladipoe himself.
Did you know that Ladipoe did two majors at University level? Biology and Chemistry.
