A phone screen opened the door. What followed was a disciplined act of self-invention - from a musical childhood between Cotonou and Lagos to Grammy nominations, global stages and a third album that replaces becoming with being.
A freestyle travelled from Benin City to Lagos in hours. What followed was not a straight ascent but a series of sharp turns - from "Dumebi" to "Calm Down," from soft melody to the heavy percussion of HEIS - all held together by one stubborn instinct: sound like himself.