Femi Otedola has four children; three daughters and one son. They are Tolani, Florence “DJ Cuppy”, Temi, and Fewa Otedola. Femi Otedola’s kids were born from his past relationship with Olayinka Odukoya and his wife Nana Otedola.
The Nigerian billionaire cum oil tycoon is known for having a closely knitted relationship with his children and drawing attention when it comes to showering them with praises and gifts, including Ferrari cars to his 3 daughters. Although his wealth and fame have contributed to the fame of his children, they are also involved in famous works such as music, blogging, and acting.
Who is Femi Ottedola’s First Child?
The first child of Femi Otedola is Olawunmi Christy Tolani Otedola. She is best known as Tolani and was born on April 21, 1986, in Lagos State to the business mogul and his then-lover, Olayinka Odukoya. The 37-year-old attended the University of St. Andrews, Scotland after she graduated from secondary school in Nigeria.
While she may enjoy the fame that comes with being Femi Otedola’s daughter, Tolani is a musician. She started her professional career in 2017 with the single Tenderoni Ft. Skales. She further featured Reekado Banks in a successful single titled Ba Mi Lo (2019) and also has other songs such as Maybe Baby (2019), Badman (2020), and Fire on the Mountain (2021) among others.
Tolani has had a number of ups and downs in her life and career. In 2021, she announced via Instagram that she was diagnosed with an undisclosed ailment that affected her weight and tampered with her confidence. As a result, it left her shy of social media among other things. Yet she found a way to embrace healing.
Another phase of her life in which there is a tussle is that which concerns her mother and Femi Otedola. According to her mother Yinka, Tolani had been taken away from her when she was about 2 years old and was never allowed to see her by the billionaire and his mother. Since she could not hold it back again, she granted an interview in 2012 to share her story.
Also, from her mother’s relationship after her birth, she has a half-sister named Eniola.
Florence DJ Cuppy Otedola is the Most Famous of Femi Otedola’s Children
DJ Cuppy is the second daughter of Femi Otedola and the first with his wife Nana Otedola. The 31 is a Disc Jockey (DJ), producer, and singer who has a great number of hits. She started as a DJ at the age of 16 and has not looked back ever since.
She has DJed in different parts of the world for audiences including diplomats. She has played in events such as the Financial Times Luxury Summit (2014) and has been inducted into Forbes Magazine’s 30 under 30 class in 2020. Some of her notable songs include Jollof on the Jet Ft. Rema & Rayvanny, Feel Good Ft. Fireboy DML, Fkn Around Ft. Megan Thee Stallion, and Green Light Ft. Tekno.
Apart from her music career, the billionaire daughter is also the host of the Sunday version of BBC Radio 1Xtra’s breakfast show. She is also a philanthropist and founder of the Cuppy Foundation. More to this, Florence Ifeolowa Otedola is an ambassador who has a great number of deals with brands such as Pepsi, Save The Children UK, and Lagos SDGs Youth Alliance among others.
As regards education, Cuppy attended Grange School, Ikeja, before heading to Londo at the age of 13 to continue with her educational pursuit. At the age of 22 in 2014, she graduated from King’s College London with a degree in business and economics. In 2015, she gained a master’s degree in the music business from New York University and in 2021, she returned to school through the University of Oxford, England to obtain a master’s degree in African Studies. Ushering into July 2022, she announced to have completed her thesis.
Delving into the love life of Cuppy, she has dated Asa Asika, Davido’s manager. The relationship was said to have started in 2011 before a later break up and return. The love affair reached the end of the road in 2020 following a breakup.
Another man she has been linked to is Nigerian footballer Victor Anichebe. The relationship reportedly started about the time she had her first breakup with Asika but could not see the light of day as it ended in another split. The reason according to her was due to long-distance even but fans claimed that the DJ was dumped by the footballer for a white woman.
The billionaire’s second daughter has also been linked with international Nigerian-American boxer Anthony Joshua but their said relationship has never been confirmed nor debunked. In the same vein, DJ Cuppy has been linked to several other men in the entertainment industry. Although many of the alleged relationships were denied, the public still holds them close when it comes to her love history.
Femi Otedola’s Last Daughter Temi Otedola is a Blogger and Actress
Temi was born Temioluwa Elizabeth Otedola on March 20, 1996, as the third of Femi Otedola’s children. She studied Art History at the University College London as well as the University of London. She now runs a blog dubbed JTO Fashion. The blog incorporates articles about fashion, beauty, arts, and travel experiences which have been driven by her love for arts.
In 2020, at the age of 24, she made an interest in the Nigerian movie industry with a brilliant interpretation of her “Moremi” role in Citation – a Kunle Afolanyan movie. She was also featured in The Man For the Job (2022).
For her acting prowess, she has been nominated for Revelation of the Year and Most Searched Person by Best of Nollywood Awards (2020) and Net Honours (2021) respectively. She also won Best Actress at the Ghana Movie Awards (2021).
On the part of her love life, Temi Otedola has been in a long-term relationship with Oluwatosin Ajibade “Mr. Eazi”. According to her, she feels at peace with the Nigerian singer and always knew that he was the one. On April 10, 2022, prior to her 26th birthday, the high-profile celebrity couple became engaged.
Fewa Otedola is the Only Son of the Billionaire
Fewa Otedola is the last child and only son of Femi who is worth $1.8 billion worth. The 23-year-old Fewa has autism – a spectrum disorder that affects social and cognitive behaviors as well as speech.
Due to his ailment, the billionaire’s son lives a more private life and enjoys support mainly from his family. As such, there is barely any information about him available to the public.
Otedola Allegedly Almost Had a 5th Child
After Tolani, her mother reportedly took in again. According to the report, she claimed to have been made to believe by Femi that if they had a second child, his mother would be forced to allow them to marry.
However, the intention took an entirely different turn when reality struck on Tolani’s mother after Femi purportedly denied the pregnancy. When she was 7 months due, she went into labor and had a stillbirth who could have been Otedola’s 2nd child at the time.
Who are the Mothers of Femi Otedola’s Children?
Otedola has children with 2 women – Olayinka Odukoya and Nana Otedola. He had Tolani with Odukoya before getting married to Nana Otedola with whom he had 3 other children – DJ Cuppy, Temi, and his only son Fewa.
Olayinka Odukoya’s Relationship with Femi Otedola Led to a Few Controversies
The woman from South-Western Nigeria was about 21 and only gained admission into a nursing school before she realized that she was carrying the child of Femi Otedola. As a result, her education came to a stop but she made a revelation that the billionaire who was at the time selling stationary materials at Iponri Shopping Complex was not too comfortable with the pregnancy. However, he encouraged her not to have an abortion.
After her daughter with Femi was born and was 2, she claimed that Tolani was taken away from her by the Otedolas. To clear her head, she headed to the north where she resided for years before making a return to the southern part of the country where she was based and had Otedola’s first child.
She kept her distance away from the spotlight but continued with her struggle to get to see her daughter but her work yielded to nothing and Femi would not even look in her direction nor let her at least say a word to the girl that she had.
Despite all that happened, she moved ahead and started another love affair with another man and bore another daughter named Eniola. But she exposed that her experience with the son of the former governor of Lagos, Otedola could not get out of her head and let her enjoy another relationship.
Nana Otedola is the Wife of the Billionaire and Mother of 3 of Femi Otedola’s Children
Nana Otedola was born on August 2, 1960. Although there are suggestions that she hails from Ghana, there are counter reports that she does not have any ties with the country outside of her name. Instead, she was said to have been born in the United Kingdom.
Nana is a philanthropist and entrepreneur. She is also the managing director of a cleaning agency named Garment Care. She had her first child, Cuppy, with her billionaire husband in 1992. Four years later in 1996, she had Temi before welcoming Fewa in 2000.