{"id":84918,"date":"2023-02-16T09:41:42","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodexng.com\/?p=84918"},"modified":"2023-02-16T09:41:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T08:41:45","slug":"i-slept-in-hotel-kitchen-for-months-ti-blaze-recalls-struggles-before-meeting-olamide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bodexng.com\/2023\/02\/i-slept-in-hotel-kitchen-for-months-ti-blaze-recalls-struggles-before-meeting-olamide\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I slept in hotel kitchen for months\u2019 \u2014 TI Blaze recalls struggles before meeting Olamide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<p>TI Blaze, the fast-rising Nigerian singer, has recalled his struggles before meeting Olamide, the rapper, who he said helped his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The musician, in the latest edition of \u2018Echo Room\u2019, a <a href=\"http:\/\/<iframe width=&quot;693&quot; height=&quot;390&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/muDX19NHhgY&quot; title=&quot;T.I Blaze on the Legacy He Wants to Leave Behind - Part 2 | Echooroom Thelinkup&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; allow=&quot;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&quot; allowfullscreen&gt;<\/iframe&gt;\">podcast<\/a> anchored by Quincy Jones, narrated how he slept in a hotel kitchen for nine months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TI Blaze, born Akintunde Timileyin, said he left his parents\u2019 house to look for new opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was on the street for like one year without seeing my parents. I went away from home. I was just on street just roughing things. I was sleeping at one hotel kitchen for like eight months or nine months before I got to meet Badoo (Olamide),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel like I already got to a stage where I don\u2019t need to ask my parents for anything anymore. So I just left home. They didn\u2019t even want me to leave at that time. I left in 2020, so I was 20 that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"740\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/muDX19NHhgY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI went to one hood like that. So I made new friends. Those ones too they were sleeping at that hotel too. So we were just there by 4am, we would just hit the street again. So when it is around 10 pm, we go to beg the gateman to let us inside. 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