January 23, (THEWILL) – A few weeks ago, international show promoter, Olasunkanmi Quadri Taoreed, professionally known as Kogbagidi, was trending for the wrong reasons. The serial entrepreneur had a running battle with an upcoming music act, Portable (Habeeb Okikiola), who he started promoting late last year.
Kogbagidi was accused of riding on the success of Portable’s songs to enrich himself as he often takes the lion share from the artiste’s earnings. They were able to settle their differences, but it was not for long. Soon they resumed their animosity towards each other. Kogbagidi had to eject the singer from the hotel room he got for him and went as far as unfollowing him on social media after Portable retrieved his login details and started handling his social media pages himself. His constant running battle with the artiste has attracted so much attention to himself, with some people wondering who he really is and what his antecedents are.
Findings reveal that Kogbagidi has had a smooth career and has successfully promoted and managed other known artistes before his running battle with the upcoming act began. He started his career more than a decade ago as a ticketer of comedy show, Night of a Thousand Laughs organized by veteran movie producer, Opa Williams. He has a great relationship with Davido.
During Kogbagidi’s early days in the entertainment industry, Davido performed for free in some of the shows he organised. He has also promoted the likes of Oyindamola Johnson Emmanuel, popularly known as Dammy Krane, Sodiq Abubakar Yusuf, also known as CDQ, Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael, professionally known as Zlatan Ibile, Dapo Olabanji, also known as Dbanj. He recently got a gift of 5million naira from Zlatan after successfully promoting his show abroad last year. Aside from being a show promoter, Kogbagidi has his hands in hospitality business. He owns VVIP lounge in Lagos State. He also runs mentorship programs and business development programs.
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