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I didn’t spend a shilling from my ‘Power’ contract - Vanessa Mdee’s boyfriend Rotimi

Rotimi [Photo: Courtesy]

Vanessa Mdee’s actor, singer and model boyfriend Olurotimi Akinoso alias Rotimi, didn't spend a shilling from his contract in the award-winning television drama series Power despite featuring for six seasons.

Opening up during a talk on Black Wealth The Renaissance, the 31-year-old Love Riddim star, who played Andre Coleman on the show, said he was motivated to save by his father. “When I got my power contract, my dad said... He looked me in my eye in the kitchen and said, do you believe you are a star?” said the Nigerian-American.

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