Mr Eazi & Temi Otedola On That Viral Proposal, Their Love Story And What Marriage Will Look Like For The Star Couple
essence.comMr Eazi and Temi Otedola arrived at their destination, neither of them had grasped that they had taken off. “We cannot say this is the day we started dating,” Mr Eazi tells ESSENCE. “We just realized that ‘oh we’re in this.’” The newly engaged couple’s introduction is easily the most traditional part of their relationship.
Five years ago, they met in person through a family connection. At the time, Mr Eazi was working on the sound for his third mixtape, Lagos to London, a follow-up to his genre-breaking sophomore mixtape Accra to Lagos.
Born Oluwatosin Ajibade, the buzzing artist had begun splitting his time between Lagos, a city where he’d spent formative years, and London, the latest city he’d set his sights on conquering musically.
On a rare night out for the newcomer, one of Temi’s older sisters, who happens to be global DJ sensation Cuppy, invited him out to a gig she was playing. “Temi was there as well and was being nice to me,” he says over Zoom as his fiancée smirks coyly across the screen. “By the end of the night, I took her number.”After a streak of unresponsive texting on her part, the already famous “Skintight” singer grew frustrated. “What is she doing that she cannot respond to my message?” he remembers asking. “A lot!” she replies.
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