STREET artiste, Zlatan Ibile, has recounted a sapa moment in which he had to use the car he had won in a 2014 contest for commercial purposes.
Speaking with media personality, Samuel Eni, Zlatan explained why he used the car he received as a prize from the Airtel-sponsored One Mic talent show held in Abeokuta, Ogun State as a taxi.
He said, "I qualified among the two to go represent my school in the grand finale [of a music competition]. So, like tactically out of 140 candidates. With just two tracks, I just started rapping.
"I know nothing about music. I just started writing and downloading beats online. And out of 140 people, I don't know how God did it, I won a brand new car when I was 19 years old. My first semester in school.
“From there, I just sat down and said to myself, if I can win a brand new car, seems God is telling me something. I took it seriously from there.
"After that, it took me another four years after I won the car. I ended up using the car as [a] taxi because I could not maintain the car or maintain the lifestyle.
"Before, Olamide saw me one day and hit me up on Instagram. He called me up and made a song for me, for free,[and also] came for the video shoot for free. To me, that was like my breakthrough song in 2017."
Zlatan is now enjoying his share of success in the music industry, which includes hit singles, albums, awards, and the like, while also boasting of his record label, Zanku Records in which he is the CEO.
