‘Wizkid Begged To Be Featured In My Song’ – Asake

‘Wizkid Begged To Be Featured In My Song’ – Asake

Nigerian artist Asake revealed that Wizkid reached out to him for a collaboration on the song “MMS”, which was released on Asake’s album “Lungu Boy”.

According to Asake, he had initially considered a different artist for the feature, but Wizkid expressed interest after hearing the track from producer P. Prime.

“I didn’t know I was going to put Wizkid on that song to be honest. I had someone else in mind for that song, but I think P.prime played the song to wiz, and wiz said “I f*ck with this song, I want to jump on it’,” he said.

The song achieved a record-breaking 870,000 streams on Spotify Nigeria on its first day, surpassing Wizkid’s previous record.

Moreover, Asake’s album “Lungu Boy” made history by garnering 9.42 million streams on the Global Spotify Chart on its first day, setting a new record for the biggest first-day streams for an African album.