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I was just on Instagram, minding my business, busy tackling some blogger who decided to come for my one and only GOAT! Any other GOAT is a He-GOAT, period. I don’t even have anything to prove, but honestly, I'm here to just vent because I am TIRED of people coming for my 001.
Yes, I know you’re already wondering, "What is she on about now?" Well, I’m talking about nobody else but the real deal. Me, myself, I am a proud 30BG, and I have a chain to show for it (I made it myself, but it counts! Don't test me).
For someone who has been jamming to Davido, Wizkid, and Burna for years now, I must say, give it up for the real GOAT.
Here's how I see them, plain and simple: One was born with it. One worked hard for it. One was manufactured.
Let’s be honest. When Wizkid first blew up with "Holla at Your Boy" in 2010, the landscape was different. He was a talented guy with a great voice, no doubt. The biggest competition he arguably had was Wande Coal, who, let’s face it, was already shining bright but under the immense shadow of the Koko Master himself, D’Banj.
And here’s where I need to make a point about STAR quality. You know, that it factor? That intangible charisma that makes people want to watch you, listen to you, just be in your orbit? In this entertainment industry, sometimes, other things beyond pure vocal talent — like personality, authenticity, and sheer stage presence — can either boost your star or dim it. Wizkid had talent, but that raw, undeniable, grab-your-attention star power? Hmm.
Think about it: Neato C, with his "Kini Big Deal" persona, was a rich boy, living large, and he wasn't really trying to snatch anyone's crown. That one was too blessed to be stressed or hustle for anything. So, who were the major contenders then to come and truly challenge a boy born in Ojuelegba?! Omo oni le himself. D’Banj already told us with his whole chest that he was an entertainer first, a performer, like a DJ who decided to sing. He practically predicted his own shift, knowing his days as a music heavyweight were numbered. Though, it’s wild how even giant stars fall, but a star the size of a planet, when they collapse, they take their moons with them. Shakes head.
Oh, what an era of music that was! I remember the first day I listened to Mo’ Hits "Booty Call." That beat! Pure fire. Shout out to Don Jazzy himself and Wande Coal for that one!
The day that cool kid from London, looking like a Jamaican baddie, dropped "Like to Party" in 2012. Did you know that Efe Irele, from "My Mother Is a Witch" (that movie! I swear I need to review it one day. Maybe I should be doing movie reviews self! That woman is a legend on TikTok now, by the way), was in that video?! Yo! How old is that woman?! Mad respect.
"Yinka and Dekunle, Dolapo and Yetunde." You see?! This line reflects something very critical about Burna Boy! That boy from Ojuelegba was born in it. He was singing about real life, real people, the street. This "Like to Party" guy seemed like he had a very bright future, bringing this sophisticated, rich-kid, cool-kid vibe into the music industry when "RAZZ" was becoming the new cool. No gra gra, no street slang, just pure, unadulterated vibes. They said he was stubborn, sha, and maybe a bit too arrogant. The industry supposedly "cancelled" him for a while. I later found out that bobo was actually just in trouble with the law in the UK – a real-life situation affecting his music career.
Around the same time, another star was born. So, you had young Wizkid with "Holla at Your Boy" in 2010, a banger dedicated to all his guys, all of them guys. And there were other contenders that year, what am I saying, GIANT STARS: D’Banj dropped "Scapegoat" (2010), which felt like one of the final attempts of a dying star before he dropped the explosive supernova that was "Oliver Twist" (2011). That same year, Wande Coal dropped "Who Born the Maga" (2010)! Oh my gosh! Everywhere scattered with that banger!
Let’s not forget that it was this same period that Chocolate City’s (or should I say, Atlanta boy in his former life?) Ice Prince dropped "Oleku" with Brymo in 2010. Though people speculate that Brymo basically made that song (which, low-key, I kind of agree with), how can we forget hot lines like, "My left hand weak, I put the right in"? And the freshest boy in Africa, Naeto C, with "10 Over 10" (2010). 9ice dropped "No Be Mistake" that year too. All of these bangers were dropping around 2010, but you see, there was a young boy, fresh out of Atlanta, watching all of this from the background. No Odogwu o, not yet. He wouldn’t even officially step into the mainstream until two years after "Holla at Your Boy."
It was none other than THE GOAT.
You see, the GOAT… sigh. He had been watching, observing, trying to figure out where he fit in. He says he was already doing music abroad, producing beats and things, rolling with the likes of Wande Coal and Don Jazzy, trying to convince them to give him a chance. Don Jazzy was obviously a sharp businessman; he saw the fire, but he didn't quite think the boy had the talent to be a frontline artist. He had a lot to lose betting on this rich kid. Don Jazzy was out, looking for pure vocal prowess, not just potential.
What he didn’t know was, sometimes, the hunger trumps the talent. Mic drop.
Kanye West is a perfect example of this. He was already a genius at making beats, but he wanted to be a star himself. Of course, who needed a Chicago rapper that wanted to rap about polos and self-consciousness when the market was begging for gang bangers, for that "pow pow," for punching your enemies in the face? Don Jazzy must have been looking at this boy, thinking the same thing: "Hmm, this boy isn't street enough like Brother Olamide."
But that boy worked his butt off! He first dropped a single called "Back When" in 2011. I’m sure Naeto C was in the studio doing a collective "yimu," wondering, "Which broke is this one singing about?"
Maybe someone spoke to him, or someone advised him, or maybe he was just truly vexed at how his dad was busy trying to be a hater, blocking him up and down, being an "enemy of progress" like any ignorant teenager must have thought. But what came after "Back When" SHOCKED THE WHOLE INDUSTRY.
I’m sure everyone remembers exactly where they were when the bomb dropped. Me, I was at the back of my sister’s boyfriend’s car. Can’t even remember where we were going, but all I remember was, I was hungry. My fist on my chin, elbow on the armrest, my eyes looking out the window, lost in thought. Then I heard it… the beat first dropped, like a rhythm being chased, building to something epic. I want to visit the inner workings of the mind of Shizzi, the producer!
Anyways, that song scattered everywhere… Na na na na na ni na ooo.
Davido was clearly vexing for his dad. Like what’s up now! Can you not see that B-Red is in the building? They counting money, they chilling.
The video, in the street of Lagos, in a Mercedes Benz C-Class! Fun fact, Burna Boy was a video vixen in Dami Duro. Dancing behind the boy. Even Wizkid was at the beach party.
It was clear! They felt the it! It was a new dispensation! Nigerian music was never going to be the same again.
This was no Tony Tetuila!!!
