“N*ggä Raw brought Phyno to come and meet us at Ajao Estate in Lagos. Me being the lead artiste in my label, I was like Phyno, what do you do? He said he was a rapper. I said ok, rap for me. And man started rapping with American accent, & only added a little Igbo.

“I now told him: bro, you’re good. But this American rap thing won’t help you. Don’t you know my songs? Don’t you see how I sing in Yoruba? Or don’t you see how N*ggæ Raw is k*lling it in Igbo? Look, there’s a huge community of Igbos in the world, if you channel this your skill to rapping in Igbo, you’ll do so well.

“Phyno was a very cool headed guy who didn’t like to talk too much. He just said, thank you baba. I appreciate your advice.

“After some months, I heard him spitting hard in Igbo on his song “Ghost Mode” with Olamide. And the rest is history.” — Nigerian OG artiste, Konga