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DIPP

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DIPP
Also known asDipp Amayzine, Half Man half Amazing
BornNigeria
GenresRnB, pop
OccupationsSinger, dancer, songwriter
Years active2000–present
LabelsEffyzzie Entertainment (former)
WebsiteReverbnation/Dipp

Oladipupo Ogundele, (popularly known as DIPP) born in 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

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Born 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

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Dipp has a BSc in Building from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.[2]

Music career

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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 music video "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

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Debut album Future Is Now (2011)[3] features the hits

  1. Fly Away[4]
  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

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Year Institution Nominated Work Award Result
2009 SMVA Dangerous ft. MI Best Special Effect Editing Won
2009 SMVA Dangerous ft. MI Best Choreography Nominated
2009 SMVA Dangerous ft. MI 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

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nigeria Music Video Awards – NMVA 2010 – Winners & Photos". Bellanaija.com. December 2010. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  2. ^ Webmaster (15 January 2011). "Why Dipp is the future of Nigerian music". Daily Trust. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Album Sale". Justjojoentertainment.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Fly Away Video" – via YouTube.