Oladapo Fagbenle (born 12 February 1986), professionally known as Daps, is a

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-born British artist, video director, and former

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athlete. He is best known for directing music videos for recording artists such as

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, Willie xo,

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, and

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Career

Born to Nigerian parents, Daps begun his career within the media industry as a video producer in New York and London. Before this, he played collegiate basketball at

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and

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. Daps is also the brother of British actor, O-T Fagbenle, video producer, Luti Fagbenle, and basketball player Temi Fagbenle. Daps currently resides in Los Angeles, California.

Basketball

Daps began playing basketball in London, England, where he played for the Westminster Warriors. He then continued his athletic career in the United States where he attended The Master's School in

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for one year. Daps received a scholarship to play basketball at

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where he competed for two years and received his bachelor's degree. Daps then transferred to

where he played basketball for two more years and received his master's degree. Daps is also the older brother of WNBA Golden State Valkyries Centre Temi Fagbenle.

Entertainment career

Daps began his video production career in the fall of 2010 and began directing music videos in 2013. In 2016 he directed the video for "

Bad and Boujee "Bad and Boujee" is a song by American hip-hop group Migos featuring American rapper Lil Uzi Vert. Written alongside producer Metro Boomin and co-producer G Koop, it was originally released to the Quality Control Music YouTube channel on August ...

" for the Migos which went on to become a US number 1 and generated hundreds of millions of views. The video for the Daps-directed, critically acclaimed "T-Shirt" was released.

Music videography

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