Shallipopi

Shallipopi, born Crown Uzama on 12 April 2000 in Benin City, Edo State, is a Nigerian singer, rapper and songwriter. Before music he worked as a bricklayer, painter and plasterer, and he and his brothers made comedy and dance videos on a neighbour’s phone.

He began uploading music to TikTok and other platforms in 2020 and broke through in March 2023 with “Elon Musk”, a sleeper hit that drew remixes with Zlatan and Fireboy DML. His debut album Presido La Pluto debuted at number one on the TurnTable chart and on Apple Music, and Shakespopi (2024) gave him the chart-topper “ASAP”.

“Laho” (2025) became his biggest single, certified four times platinum in Nigeria, and his fourth album Auracle followed the same year.