Nigerian singer, Onoyom Mbuk, professionally known as Iyanya, has narrated how he and his team lost millions of naira in a failed request to feature popular American-Trinidadian, Nicki Minaj on one of his songs.
The Ex Project Fame, West Africa winner, Iyanya, said after the conquest of his breakthrough song, ‘Kukere’, he and his crew were under tension to deliver the next big single.
Iyanya elucidated that they had already recorded ‘Flavour’ but felt it wasn’t the next single after ‘Kukere’.
He said his producer, D’Tunez modified the beat for Kukere and then used it to make ‘Your Waist’, which got a lot of airplay.
According to him, his team wasn’t pleased with the move of the song, so his record label boss, Ubi Franklin, proposed a remix with Nicki Minaj to stimulate the success of the song.
Iyanya said, “Ur waist was so massive we decided it should go international and we needed the right artiste to help with that journey. @ubifranklin1 suggested Nicki Minaj and I asked how we’re gonna pay for that, he laughed and said ‘if your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.”
