Nigerian rapper, Zlatan Ibile,  won three awards at the AFRICAN MUZIK MAGAZINE AWARDS (AFRIMMA) held on Sunday at The Bomb Factory, Canton Dallas, Texas, USA.

Zlatan Ibilie, whose real name is Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael, won the Best Collaboration, Best new act and Song of the year awards.

After the awards, the rapper penned a thank you message to his fans for their support. He noted that his journey into music has been bittersweet, adding that “reminiscing will only bring about tears of joy”.

The Zanku crooner shared a photo of himself with the three awards on Instagram.

He wrote,

My journey through music is very much a story in which reminiscing will only bring about tears of joy as a lot has happened over the years such as countless studio recordings, driving miles just to get performance slot, sleepless nights moving around Lagos and Ogun state just for my music to be heard, but over time I want to appreciate a lot of respectable folks such as colleagues in the industry, friends, family and my team for this great support from the beginning, to my fans zlatanovaz worldwide both old and new disciples supporting my music it’s of immense joy and appreciation deep down my heart I want to say thank you all.

However this is just a stepping stone, there is still a lot to be done as regarding using my music as a weapon of encouragement and support towards the society in the diaspora.

@afrimma I want to thank you for the recognition, this means a lot and to my great fans. I say thank you proper for taking out time to vote regardless of my ills. Thank you all for the support, the album Zanku is on the way let’s keep spreading positive energy , kapaichumarimarichupako!!!!!