Nigerian music star, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, known by his stage name, Iyanya, has declared that he is in the same category with the likes of industry heavyweights, Wizkid, Olamide and Davido.
He argued in a series of tweets that he deserves to be placed on the same pedestal with afrobeats.
The βΛYour Waist` crooner was responding to a fan who tweeted;Β βWhen we mention the Old cats like Olamide, Davido and Wizkid, Iyanya should be mentioned too.
βHe dropped two hit songs in 2011.Β Kukere and Your waistβ and he has been consistent since then.β
Agreeing with the post, Iyanyan simply wrote;Β βWell.β
He also told another fan with similar sentiment, that his songs got global acceptance at a time when the internet wasn`t popular.
The fan wrote;Β βShout out to @Iyanya he really took Afrobeats to the world. Kukere was a huge song globally! As big as skelewu, (pls correct me gently if I`m wrong) but the impact cannot be erased by even banter.β
Iyanya replied;Β βThey don`t know. Zero internet penetration and our songs were everywhere. They can o my tweet according to the information they have. Let`s count Hits for Hits and tell me how many go fit matchβ.
Meanwhile, he earlier narrated how his team spent millions of naira trying to feature American-Trinidadian singer, Nicki Minaj.
The artiste revealed that at the peak of his career between 2012 and 2014, he and Triple MG Boss, Ubi Franklin made moves to collaborate with Nicki. He said after Kukere was released and became a massive hit; they pondered over the next big song.
According to Iyanya, his music producer, D`Tunez modified the beat for Kukere and they used it to create βΛYour Waist` which also received huge airplay.
