Most of the people who didn’t know of rapper Iceberg Slim before making his relationship with actress Juliet Ibrahim public on his birthday, have been wanting to know more about him. So I put together this piece to re-introduce him and let people know he didn’t just pop up from nowhere! Iceberg Slim, born Olusegun Olowokere in New York City to Nigerian parents, is a rapper, singer and recording artiste. https://ameyawdebrah.com/british-ghanaian-singer-mark-asari-featured-fifty-shakes-darker-soundtrack/ Introduced to the sounds of Sunny Ade and Shina Peters from a very young age, Iceberg Slim found a strong liking for Nigerian music. He started writing his own music by the time he had reached High School. It started out as poetry, and served as an outlet, but then transformed into Rap/Hip-Hop. Influences like Jay-Z, Drag-On, DMX and Eminem helped shape his sound and style. With such a love for music, there’s no question on why he decided to leave John Jay College of Criminal Justice after 2 years completed, to attend IAR (Institute of Audio Research) to then pursue a career as an audio engineer/producer. https://ameyawdebrah.com/ghana-nigeria-people-reacted-iceberg-slim-squeezing-juliet-ibrahims-bum-bday/ Iceberg Slim has featured the likes of Banky W, Sauce Kid, Iyanya, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Davido and other top artistes including the international rap artiste, Ja Rule, in some of his hit singles. So check out the 30 facts about Iceberg Slim:
- Attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, NY with a Major in Criminal Justice (2004 – 2006)
- Attended I.A.R (Institute of Audio Research) in Manhattan, NY with a Major in audio engineering, production, and music marketing. Received Certificate of completion (2006-2007)
- Featured on the track titled “Two Step” by Sauce Kid from his debut mixtape “Money-Long: The Mixtape” (2007)
- Released a mixtape titled “Soul Food” which featured Sauce Kid, Zara, and Blak Jesus (2008)
- Featured on the hit track “Big Boy (rap remix) by Eldee, alongside Rukus and Proto of Chiddy Bang (2008)
- Performed at the legendary Apollo theatre in Harlem, New York City (2008)
- Nominated for “Best International Artist” at the NEA (Nigerian Entertainment Awards) (2009)
- Won “Best International Artist” at the NEA (2009)
- Collaborated with International rapper/singer Ja Rule on a remix to Plies’ “Plenty Money” (2009)
- Released an online mixtape titled “The Fix” which featured Ja Rule, Sauce Kid, Banky W, eLDee, and Rico White (2009)
- Featured on the original “Lagos Party (remix)” by Banky W, alongside Naeto C, Muna, 9ice, eLDee and D’Banj (2009)
- Recorded the song “Blue Bloods” for the hit American Crime-Drama series, “Blue Bloods”, on CBS. The song was used in Season 1 Episode 2 for a total of 60secs (2010)
- Collaborated with the late DaGrin on a track titled “I Made It”, produced by Sarz (2010)
- Featured by Nigerian producer LayLow Productions on his track titled “Meet Me At the Top” which also featured Cartiar, DaGrin, Skales, Modenine, Terry Tha Rapman, Gino, and Ludu (2011)
- Collaborated with Banky W. on the track titled “Too Much Money”, produced by Masterkraft and Banky W. (2011)
- Released video for the hit track “Too Much Money” featuring Banky W. Video was shot on location in Lagos, Nigeria by Patrick Elis (2012)
- Video of “Meet Me At the Top” by LayLow Productions was released (2012)
- Nominated by Hip Hop World aka The Headies for “Lyricist On a Roll” and “Best Rap Song” for “Too Much Money” featuring Banky W.
- Collaborated with MI, on a track titled “Ayanfe (remix)” produced by Spellz of 323Ent (2012)
- Collaborated with Ice Prince and DJ. Jimmy Jatt on the track by DJ. Jimmy Jatt titled “Cool As Ice” produced by Chopstix (2013)
- Featured by Tiwa Savage on her track titled “Shout-out” from her debut album. Track also features Ghanian rapper, Sarkodie (2013)
- Featured by Vector on “Confessions” for the mixtape “A7”
- Featured by 2face Idibia on “The Best I Can Be” for The Ascension album. (2015)
- Featured by Praiz on “Jalabia & SnapBacks” for the Rich & Famous album
- Participated in the MTN remake of “We Are The World” for the #AfricaAgainstEbola campaign, with over 50 of Africa’s top artists
- Featured by Tiwa Savage on her track titled “Make Time” off her sophomore album R.E.D.
- Featured Davido on first official single/video under 323 Entertainment, titled “Wave” (2016)
- Featured Shatta Wale, Terry Apala, Wale Turner and LAX on the remix to “Wave” (2017)
- Featured by Sean Tizzle on the hit track to titled “Roll Up” (2017)
- And yes he is dating Juliet Ibrahim
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