Dagrin's home was in Meiran, Alagbado, Lagos. His style of rapping incorporated Yoruba, English and Pidgin English. In 2010 he was nominated for the Nigerian Entertainment Awards for Best Album (C.E.O.), Hottest Single "Pon Pon Pon", Best Rap Act and Best Collaboration with vocals. His album C.E.O. (Chief executive Omota English: Chief Executive Gangster) won the Hip hop World Award 2010 for best rap album. From it came the singles "Pon Pon Pon", and "Kondo". Dagrin worked with other Nigerian artists such as Y.Q, 9ice, M.I, Iceberg Slim,omobaba,terry g,code,MISTAR DOLLAR, TMD entertainment, omowumi, chudy k, Bigiano, Konga and lot that we can't mention. He associated with music producers like Sossick, Dr Frabz, Sheyman, and Frenzy.
Dagrin died at 6:00PM on Thursday, April 22 - exactly eight days after he was involved in a ghastly accident in front of Alakara Police station, off Agege motor road, Mushin, Lagos and buried 30th of April 2010.
Dagrin influenced a lot of artist today both in Nigeria and internationally, Dagrin's also got a lot of influence on the current music industry we have today, the guy is a great legend and I can't realise express how much I miss him.
Continue to rest in peace bro, we will always love and miss u forever.
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