Popular singer and songwriter, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, known by his stage name, Iyanya, has revealed that he spent a whopping sum of N52 million on the song he recorded with music star, Davido and Kizz Daniel.
He made the revelation through his Twitter account while expressing shock at how expensive promoting songs have become in Nigeria.
Iyanya said that the amount he mentioned covered recording of the song titled ‘Like’, shooting music video and promotion before as well as after its release.
The ‘Your Waist’ crooner also said that N27 million is the cheapest amount he’s ever spent on a song and that was in 2021.
He, however, urged up and coming acts to not be discouraged by his revelation because all they need in the long run is to be consistent.
Iyanya wrote; “Promoting music has become very expensive, if you are lucky to get a song go viral make you Thank God.”
He added: “The cheapest I have spent on a song since January 2021 is 27m. When I dropped “LIKE” FT Davido and kizz Daniel, we spent 52million, song, Video and promotion. This should not discourage any up and coming artiste, you can do it, all you need it’s consistency.”
CorrectNG reported earlier rapper, Odumodublvck shared the excited reaction of a promising singer, Ecko Miles, to his co-featured song being reposted by international artiste, Wizkid.
The Hip Hop artiste featured Ecko on his single ‘Picanto’ which also has Zlatan Ibile. He said the guy is the bread winner of his family, which is why he was very happy about being on the song and getting Wizkid’s recognition.
Odumodu revealed that the young man left his family in Port Harcourt , Rivers state and made his mother believe that he was going for his National Youth Service (NYSC) Programme.
He, however, traveled to Lagos state to hustle which is when he met Odumodublvck and they recorded the hit song together.
According to the Indigenous rapper, he bumped into the artiste by chance on his third day and Lagos after which they jumped in the studio.
Odumodu uploaded a video of Ecko Miles jumping up in excitement and going haywire after seeing Wizkid’s story.
“The young man you see rejoicing is the bread winner of his family. he left ph . told his mum that he is going for NYSC. but instead came to hustle in Lagos. his 3rd day in lagos we met by mistake and recorded picanto. It’s a blessing to his family,” the post reads.
