Meet DJ Cuppy, the multitalented daughter of a Nigerian billionaire

DJ Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola isn’t just spinning disks – she’s spinning a narrative of success in the music industry while bagging degree after degree at the world’s top universities. Better known by her stage name, DJ Cuppy, Otedola is a Nigerian DJ, heiress, scholar and rising star who has been one of the faces of Africa’s rapidly expanding arts industries.

Get to know Cuppy, who has been featured in Forbes as one of Africa’s foremost rich kids, and is an acting tourism ambassador for Nigeria.

DJ Cuppy is from Lagos, Nigeria

Cuppy was born in Lagos, Nigeria, where she grew up until the age of 13, when she moved to London, England. She attended the Grange School in Ikeja in Nigeria, one of the most expensive secondary schools in the city, and widely regarded as one of the best in the country.

Her dad’s a Nigerian billionaire

Cuppy’s father is Nigerian billionaire Femi Otedola, a prominent businessman in the energy sector who also dabbles in industries like shipping, real estate and finance. His net worth stands at a staggering US$1.6 billion, per Forbes at the time of writing.

For her 30th birthday, he gifted Cuppy a £5 million (US$6.2 million) country home. She took to Instagram to share her father’s birthday messages: “Happy birthday to my Angel Ifemi. [ …] Can’t think of any other befitting present you deserve for this special birthday. You have continuously made Papa proud year by year and have been a blessing in my life.”

But Femi Otedola loves the rest of his children, too, which also include Elizabeth Temi, Tolani and Fewa Otedola. In fact, he gifted his three girls Temi, Tolani and Cuppy each a Ferrari Portofino back in 2020.