For Yung6ix, it is a time to hit the Nigerian music scene big. Some years ago, he was a green horn struggling for relevance in the dark.
The artiste, whose real name is Onome Onokohwomo , grew up in Warri, Delta State, from where he used to sneak to Lagos, try his luck here and there but return home once things failed to work according to his plan. But all he needed to get the attention of some record labels was a cover to Iceprince’s song, O Leku. That was when he got a deal with Storm Records and came up with a single that was largely accepted.
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Now cashing in on the success of his album, 6ix o Clock, Yung6ix is set to release his song titled Billionaire Ambition. The artiste, now with Kash Kamp Trick Billionaire Music label, says the EP is all about expressing himself.
“Yes, I’m working on my EP titled Billionaire Ambition and it will be out any moment from now. The EP is actually supposed to be out there but we did not foresee the success of my latest single, so I just gave it time for it to sink in.”
The artiste, who started out as a rapper, says he now does his own style of music, which he describes as afro hip music. He says his experience in the industry taught him that there is a certain type of music that the people accept, and that is afro music.
“Whether we like it or not, ‘afro’ is our culture right here in Africa. I cannot go outside Nigeria and be rapping to Jay Z about what is happening in Brooklyn. I cannot sell his own stuff to him. I have to sell my stuff. So, I’m selling hip hop from the afro music point of view, from the fuji music point of view; from the Nigerian point of view. Basically, I am influenced by my own environment and our own sound. All of these, I have brought to bear in the new EP. It is just about me expressing myself; making heartfelt music,” he said.
According to him, the project so far boasts five songs, two collabos and one instrumental.
“We are just putting finishing touches to it. There will be live instrumentations on it. We had different people coming up to put their talent into it; drummers and other instrumentalists are all featured in the EP. I worked with Ekelly, Gospel on the Beat, Baller Tosh, Andre 053, Magnum, Dissally Beatx and a host of others and some other producers from America. It will be a crazy sound,” says the artiste.
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