DJ Cuppy Rings Opening Bell At The New York Stock Exchange

Posted by: Folamidavid in Celebrity News Sep 26, 2019

DJ Cuppy has joined the list of important persons to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Her rich father, Femi Otedola flaunted the picture of the event on his Instagram handle.

He wrote, “My angel @cuppymusic rang the New York Stock Exchange opening bell yesterday! So proud! ? … F. Ote”

Cuppy herself wrote, “What an HONOUR! At 26 years old, I just rang the opening bell for the New York Stock Exchange to kick off trade for the day!”

See the picture,

Amazing.

Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola (born November 11, 1992), professionally known as DJ Cuppy, is a Nigerian disc jockey and producer. She is the daughter of Nigerian businessman Femi Otedola.

DJ Cuppy lived in Ilupeju for six years before moving to Ikeja. She then moved to London for her GCSEs and A-Levels. Cuppy graduated from King’s College London in July 2014, with a degree in Business and Economics. She earned a Master’s Degree in Music Business from New York University in 2015.

In 2014 Cuppy was the resident DJ at the MTV Africa Music Awards in Durban. She then played at the Tatler and Christie’s Art Ball in London, and at the Financial Times Luxury Summit in Mexico City.

In July 2014, she released House of Cuppy as her first compilation mix in London and Lagos, before launching it in New York on September 2, 2014. That same year, Cuppy also launched the London-based music management and content production business, Red Velvet Music Group.

In an interview with Tush Magazine, DJ Cuppy described her sound as “Neo-Afrobeats”, which is a fusion of Electro house and Afrobeats.

In April 2014, DJ Cuppy was appointed by Nigeria’s Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation (Edem Duke) as the tourism ambassador for the country’s “Fascinating Nigeria” campaign. DJ Cuppy became one of Pepsi’s DJ ambassadors alongside 3 others in Nigeria.

On March 20, 2018, DJ Cuppy was announced as an Official DJ Ambassador for Pepsi. She appeared in Pepsi’s “#NaijaAllTheWay” all star commercial ahead of the 2018 World Cup.

On June 5, 2018, DJ Cuppy was announced as a Global Citizen Education Ambassador.