Nigerian singer Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, widely recognized as Spyro, openly admitted feeling disheartened that his peers, Fireboy DML and Oxlade, achieved fame ahead of him.
Appearing as a guest on the most recent episode of the Tea With Tay podcast, Spyro shared his experience of feeling distressed when he observed that some of his younger peers in the music industry rose to fame ahead of him, even though he invested in promoting his music on blogs during that period.
He revealed that, unbeknownst to him at the time, God was utilizing the delay in his success to impart the lesson that it was not solely about his talent but rather a manifestation of grace.
Spyro said, “I paid for my song to be on NotJustOkay which was a big platform back then. Once you hear their voice tag on a song, the song don blow. So, I thought that [I would blow].
“So when Fireboy come blow, I was like, ‘Eh! Fireboy blow before me? God, me I still dey…’ And all those times, God was teaching me that it’s not about my talent but by his grace.
“Oxlade too. I mean, before Oxlade blew, na me… Eh God! Oxlade was in my show in 2018. I also brought Davido and Mayorkun for the song. I had a song with Davido and Mayorkun in 2018. I thought that the song would blow me.
“I would post Oxlade on my social media pages and urge fans to watch out for him. And he would come to my DM to appreciate me. Then he just blew before me. I was like, ‘God, what is going on?’
“Na Oxlade and Fireboy blow na im pain me pass. No be say pain but it triggered me. I am happy that they blew at the point they blew but these are people that I was in the industry before them. I was like, ‘God, what is going on?’ So, it was so painful for me. It was frustrating. I would cry. I would struggle with God.”
“…na Oxlade and Fireboy blow na im pain me pass…I am happy that they blew at the point they blew but…”
– Spyro
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