24th November, 2024
By Taiwo Okanlawon
Nigerian singer Crown Uzama, popularly known as Shallipopi, has claimed that he doesn’t smoke despite posing with cigarettes in his pictures and videos.
He claimed that he uses cigarettes for aesthetics.
The ‘Oba Pluto’ crooner disclosed this in a recent interview with Soundcity.
“One thing that my fans don’t know about me is that I don’t smoke. It’s just aesthetics,” he said.
On what inspired him to do music, Shallipopi said, “What influences me to do music is hardship. You don’t want to go through hardship in this country.”
Recently, Shallipopi revealed he has parted ways with Dapper Music, the record label that helped catapult him to stardom in 2023.
Although rumors of a split circulated for some time, recent updates on the artiste’s social media seem to confirm the separation.
Shallipopi has removed Dapper Music’s name from his bio and has unfollowed the label’s boss, signaling a likely end to their collaboration.
The breakup comes on the heels of Shallipopi launching his own label, Plutomania Records, earlier this year.
Plutomania has already signed two new artists, Zerry DL and Tega Boi, positioning itself as an emerging force in the Nigerian music industry.
This split follows a recent trend, as it marks the second high-profile departure from Dapper Music in just a few months. In August, another popular artiste, Seyi Vibez, also left the label.
