Nigerian Afropop singer Wizkid has revealed in a recent interview that he left his last label, EME, with zero Naira even though he already became a household name at the time.
The ‘Ojuelegba’ hit singer when asked the inspiration behind the song replied
“It was crazy because when I was making that song. That was the last album for my label [which] I was signed to at that time.“I was in a different space. You know it was a space that I was about to leave and start afresh for myself. I feel a lot of energy but I at the same time, I was like ‘it is a lot of responsibilities’ “I [Wizkid] am a firm believer of if you think of anything, then you can achieve it.
Wizkid continued,
“ I know definitely something [good] is going to happen.” “When I left EME, nobody knows the story. I literally had to leave with zero Naira. And I was Wizkid!”