Take Half of the Money Baba: Young Photographer Takes Picture of Old Drummer, Sells It for Huge Amount

Take Half of the Money Baba: Young Photographer Takes Picture of Old Drummer, Sells It for Huge Amount

  • An old man has received half of the earnings of a young photographer after the latter sold a picture he took
  • The young photographer, Adisa Olashile, has consequent earned accolades from thousands of Nigeria n social media
  • According to Olashile, the old man needed the funds more than him, hence his reasons for the monetary gift

Adisa Olashile has set the internet on fire with his kind gesture to an old man. The award winning photographer had earlier taken a picture of the old drummer. The picture was sold for a huge amount of money on opensea.

In appreciation, Olashile traced the old man and gifted him half of the money he made from the sales.

Young Photographer Takes Picture of Old Drummer, Sells It for Huge Amount
Adisa Olashile has set the internet on fire with his kind gesture to an old man. Photo: Adeisa Olashile
Source: Twitter

His kind gesture has not unnoticed on social media with hundreds of people appreciating the kindness of Olashile.

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Meanwhile Olashile used the power of the blockchain to make fortune again. This is coming days after he minted the photos of an old drummer on OpenSea and sold the pieces for over N1 million. He promised then to give 50% of the earning to the old man.

In a post on Wednesday, April 6, the brilliant photographer revealed on Twitter that he sold the photo of a lady as a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) on Foundation, an NFT exchange.

The piece was bought by an NFT collection, @a5htr, for 0.35 Ethereum (ETH). Adisa revealed that he still has five copies of the same piece left to be sold. At the time of writing this report, 0.35 ETH/USDT pairing on Binance was going for $1148.49 (N675,748.546) with the price of 1 ETH selling for $3281.42 (N1,930,721.9).

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Legit.ng earlier reported that a young Nigerian man, Adisa Olashile, who became popular on the internet as the brilliant photographer who converts photos to NFT did it again.

Days after he sold photos of an old drummer for over N1 million, Adisa went back to him and fulfilled his promise of giving the man 50% of what he made from the NFTs.

In the emotional clip, the man was amazed when he gave him bunches of naira notes. He even took the man to a phone shop to get him a smartphone.

Source: Legit.ng

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Aanu Adegun Aanu Adegun is a journalist with over 9 years of experience in both digital and traditional media. A graduate of English Studies from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo state. Aanu joined Legit.ng in 2016 covering politics and current affairs. Aanu started his journalism career as a features writer. He once anchored some specialised pages of a national newspaper. You can reach him via - aanu.adegun@corp.legit.ng