Today, April 22, 2014 makes it exactly four years since one of Nigeria’s most loved rappers Olaitan Oladapo Olaonipekun popularly known as Dagrin passed away, breaking the hearts of millions.
Dagrin died at 6:00PM on Thursday April 22, 2010- exactly eight days after he was involved in a ghastly accident in front of Alakara Police station, off Agege motor road, Mushin, Lagos.
Although not killed on the spot, the rapper sustained a serious head injury, as a result of the crash. He was initially admitted at Tai Solarin Hospital, Baba Olosha Bus stop, Mushin before he was transferred to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi Araba where doctors made serious efforts to save his life.
He was admitted at the ICU and operated upon, and later moved to the private wing of the hospital. Doctors worked day and night; we fasted and prayed, but all efforts to save his life proved abortive. He died on Thursday April 22, 2010 at 6:00PM and the world mourned for weeks. Dagrin was not just a recording artiste, songwriter, rapper and performer. He was the poster child for the term ‘From Nothing to Something’. He made every hustling Nigerian kid out there believe there was ‘hope’. As he became more famous, more Nigerians in higher classes associated with him (or his success).
He was admitted at the ICU and operated upon, and later moved to the private wing of the hospital. Doctors worked day and night; we fasted and prayed, but all efforts to save his life proved abortive. He died on Thursday April 22, 2010 at 6:00PM and the world mourned for weeks. Dagrin was not just a recording artiste, songwriter, rapper and performer. He was the poster child for the term ‘From Nothing to Something’. He made every hustling Nigerian kid out there believe there was ‘hope’. As he became more famous, more Nigerians in higher classes associated with him (or his success).
He released his debut ‘Still on the Matter’ in 2007 to lukewarm reviews but his 2009 album ‘C.E.O’ was well received by critics and the streets with many calling it a classic. Dagrin’s unrelenting effort to record music speaking in his mother tongue has inspired the likes of Olamide and Reminisce, and many in the hip hop industry and beyond continue to consider him a legend.
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