According To Reports Olu Maintain is broke

Olu Maintain is broke.

So bad is the singer’s situation, that he is said to have been given a quit notice by his landlord for failure to pay his house rent.

This is no doubt coming as a shock considering that a little over eight years ago he was the rave of the moment, with his huge jam ‘Yahoozee’. Olumide Adegbulu aka Mr. Olu Maintain as he’s fondly called, in that song reiterated to everyone who listened that he had ‘hammered’ meaning money was no longer his problem. Awkward.

Even after the Yahooze fame, Olu managed to get public attention recently with his ‘Nawti’ single, video for which had on display many beautiful women, and state of the art cars, leading people to believe that Olu was still living life on a Kentro level, even though the single was not as successful as ‘Yahooze’.

The story for Olu Maintain has however changed and his finances has no doubt depleted. So bad is the situation that he was given marching orders by his landlord to vacate the property he resides at Akin Osiyemi street,Off Allen Avenue Ikeja, Lagos or face the wrath of the law.


You might be tempted to ask what happened to all the dollars, pounds and euro Olu Adegbulu ‘had’, while living the ‘Kamakaze life on a Kentro level, leading people to believe that he had more than enough to spend and in the reserves? Well the answer like they say is blowing the wind.

Olu instead of investing in property and other valuable assets which may have saved him from his current predicament preferred to live in a rented apartment. He made many circles believe that the place he calls home was actually bought by him until now that he is facing eviction orders just like D’banj.

The grapevine has it that, but for the goodwill of a kind-hearted neighbour who appeased the wrath of the men in uniform from throwing out his belongings and taking possession of the rented building since he has been unable to meet his rent obligation to his landlord, he would have been thrown on the streets and made homeless.

How did Olu get to this level?

Well, like the usual saying goes pride goes before a fall. Olu had all the opportunities in this world to be atop of his game, he’s an embodiment of style. He doesn’t smoke; drink cognac.

His vice of the three common to men is womanising. He has been linked to some very hot actresses and known ladies. This of course is a story for another day.

Olu is said to have had people behind him who rallied round to support the Yahoozee album only for him to make bigger bucks and then he started to show how ‘true color’, thereby biting the fingers that made him. This act, according to close family source, made him loose a lot of things and has made a lot of people distant themselves from him.

Apart from this, MDB also heard from sources close to the situation that Olu has penchant for getting songs from upcoming artists and turning them into hits, promising them in return a brighter future, record deal, or even visa abroad but failing most times to fulfill his promises to these unknown talents.

Perhaps, his current predicament may be as a result of Karma as well.

Here is hoping Olu learns from this experience, and changes for the better in future.