DIPP

DIPP
DIPP
Background information
Birth name	Oladidupo Ogundele
Also known as	Dipp Amayzine, Half Man half Amazing
Born	June 20, 1980 (1980-06-20) (age 31)
Genres	RnB, pop
Occupations	Singer, dancer, songwriter
Years active	2000–present
Labels	Effyzzie Entertainment
Associated acts	Maytronomy, Waje, M.I, Jesse Jagz
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.

Musical style

RnB / pop

Discography

Album cover

Fly Away

Stage performance

Stage performance

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

1. "Fly Away"
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

• "Dangerous" – ft. M.I
• "Good Girls" remix – ft. YQ, Mode 9, Maytronomy, Beazy and Ill Bliss
• "Good Girls" remix – ft. YQ, Blaise, Kel, and Muna

Awards

Won

• Best Special Effect Editing – "Dangerous" (SMVA 2009)
• Best Use of Choreography – "Pop Off Selecta" (NMVA 2010)^[1]
• Best Use of Effects – "Pop Off Selecta" (NMVA 2010)^[1]

Nominated

• Best Choreography – "Dangerous" (SMVA 2009)
• Best R&B or Pop Video – "Dangerous" (SMVA 2009)
• Video of the Year – "Pop Off Selecta" (NMVA 2010)^[1]
• Best Use of Costume – "Pop Off Selecta" (NMVA 2010)^[1]

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. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Nigeria Music Video Awards – NMVA 2010 – Winners & Photos". Bellanaija.com. http://www.bellanaija.com/2010/12/02/nigeria-music-video-awards-nmva-2010-winners-photos/. Retrieved 2011-09-23. 
2. ^ "Album Sale". Justjojoentertainment.com. http://www.justjojoentertainment.com/album-sale. Retrieved 2011-09-23. 

Persondata
Name	Ogundele, Oladidupo
Alternative names	DIPP
Short description	Singer
Date of birth	1980-06-20
Place of birth	Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Date of death
Place of death