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May 13, 2026

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‘I Started Singing Before I Started Talking’ – Oxlade


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Nigerian singer, Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman, popularly known as Oxlade, has claimed that he started singing before he could talk.

Featuring in a recent episode of the ’90s Babies’ podcast, Oxlade claimed his parents told him that.

 

He explained that as a child he sang faster than he could follow up with talks.

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“I started singing before I started talking. My parents told me that I started singing before I could even talk,” he explained.

 

“I sang faster than catching up with talks. That was what my parents told me. I feel like that was where it [my talent] all started from.”