Nigerian singer, Onoyom Mbuk, has disclosed how he and his team lost millions of naira while trying to feature popular American-Trinidadian, Nicki Minaj, on one of his songs.
According to Daily Post, former winner of “Project Fame: West Africa” says he and his crew are under the pressure to come up with another hit after the success of “Kukere.”
Iyanya said that they had “Flavour” recorded, but they didn’t think it should follow “Kukere” as a single.
He said that his producer, D’Tunez, reworked the Kukere instrumental into the hit single “Your Waist.”
He claimed that his team wasn’t happy with the song’s popularity, so his record label’s head, Ubi Franklin, recommended a remix with Nicki Minaj to increase the song’s success.
He claimed that after traveling to Atlanta, Georgia, to visit Nicki Minaj for the feature, they learned that signing her to a song would cost $200,000, which they couldn’t afford at the time.
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.”
