Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael (born 19 December 1994), known professionally as Zlatan, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and dancer.
In 2014, he won the Airtel One Mic talent show held in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Towards the end of 2018, Zlatan released a single titled “Zanku”, with a new dance routine of the same name.
In November 2019, he released his debut studio album Zanku, an acronym for Zlatan Abeg No Kills Us.
Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael was born and raised in Lagos, but has family roots in Ekiti State. In 2011, he graduated with a national diploma in business administration from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic.
Zlatan decided to pursue a career in music after graduating high school.
When he was 19 years old, he won Airtel’s “One Mic Campus Tour” music competition, held in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
He gained recognition in the Nigerian music industry after releasing the Olamide-assisted “My Body” in 2017.
Zlatan gained further exposure following his collaboration with Chinko Ekun and Lil Kesh on the 2018 hit single “Able God”.
Shortly afterwards, he dropped “Zanku”, a song that was accompanied by a dance routine of the same name.
Towards the end of 2018, Zlatan released the Davido-assisted “Osanle”.
In early 2019, he released “Glory” before being featured on Burna Boy’s “Killin Dem”, a track from the latter’s fourth studio album African Giant. Shortly afterwards, he was featured on Ceeza Milli’s “Flenjo” and Naira Marley’s “Am I a Yahoo Boy”.
On 26 July 2019, Zlatan announced that he signed an endorsement deal with Coca-Cola.
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