“When I contacted Wizkid to be on my album, I thought he would ask me for money, so I was already preparing $500k to offer him.

“When I contacted Wizkid to be on my album, I thought he would ask me for money, so I was already preparing $500k to offer him.

When I finally texted him about the song, I was shocked by his reply. He told me, ‘Asake, if I ask you to pay me for a verse, you wouldn’t be able to afford it.

We are all Naija, and I love what you are doing for Afrobeats. Anytime you are free, come meet me in the studio; let’s do something together. I can’t charge my own people for verses. It’s either I like the song and give you a free verse, or I don’t reply to you at all.’

The next thing I knew, I was in the studio with him, and he was advising me on how to push my career forward. I just had to put my song with him as the first track on my album because it felt like a dream come true.” ~ Asake reveals.