Inspired by the likes of Rick James , 50 Cent , Bobby Brown , and Michael Jackson , OP found his passion for singing at the age of 19, releasing his first single ‘Half Naija Half Congo’ , which was featured on Destination Afrobeats .
Want to know more about ‘Flex’ ? Hear it straight from OP himself:
“Flex? ?is? ?about? ?me? ?showing? ?youth? ?especially? ?that? ?you? ?can? ?literally? ?do? ?anything? ?you? ?want—not? ?in? ?a? ?way? ?that everything’s? ?perceived? ?and? ?that.? ?I? ?am? ?showing? ?them? ?at? ?its? ?rawest? ?form.? ?The? ?way? ?like? ?trappers? ?(drug? ?dealers that? ?rap)? ?usually? ?have? ?jewellery? ?and? ?stuff? ?and? ?anything? ?other? ?than? ?that? ?you? ?are? ?perceived? ?as? ?‘not? ?really? ?cool’ or? ?a? ?‘nerd’.? ?I? ?am? ?showing? ?that? ?you? ?don’t? ?necessarily? ?have? ?to? ?be? ?selling? ?drugs? ?to? ?do? ?the? ?same? ?things? ?that? ?these drugs? ?dealers? ?perceive? ?as? ?‘riches’,? ?but? ?doing? ?it? ?through? ?your? ?own? ?way.? ?Nowadays? ?people? ?are? ?accustomed into? ?thinking? ?schools? ?and? ?education? ?is? ?the? ?only? ?way? ?out—so? ?when? ?that’s? ?the? ?case,? ?they? ?never? ?really? ?truly experience? ?what? ?it? ?is? ?they? ?really? ?want? ?to? ?do? ?or? ?really? ?want? ?to? ?become.”
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