By Osagie Alonge
Nigerian artistes Banky W, Wizkid and Skales otherwise called the EME boys have featured on international entertainment platform, MTV Iggy.
The popular trio were given an exclusive interview where they shared their ‘EME experience’ and the label’s plans for the future.
‘Each and every artist on Empire Mates is special and unique and different and nobody’s trying to be like somebody else. Everybody has their own lane. I remember when I started everybody was like, “oh, R&B would never work in Africa. Don’t bother. Just stay where you are’, Banky W explains the creative pattern of his label
The R&B singer also talks about his belief in the pop star Wizkid and how no one gave the 22-year-old a chance for starters.
‘And when I signed Wiz, nobody had been that young and been that successful. They we’re like, “he’s too young, he’s too small, he’s this.” Skales and everybody else on the label, it’s the same thing. It’s unique, it’s fresh, it’s different’, Banky adds
Of course, EME is home for other acts such as Niyola, Shaydee, DJ Xclusive and affiliates Rotimi and X.O Senavoe.
‘Empire Mates is an empire, and we’re going to be building for a very long time. That’s why we double up on the work with the songs, we triple up on it. Every body is always in the studio, trying to work, trying to make things happen. I feel so blessed being with the family’, Wizkid says in the interview.
Other acts Nigerian who have featured on MTV Iggy include D’banj, Asa, Nneka amongst a few others.
9 comments
Banky keep it up.God is at ur back.
EME boys is just an excellent work dat God hav been doing 2 dis games but it remians 2 make me join de game
wizkid is everywhere killin every show so enemies bow
hey! wizkid is a talented and also a givted r&b singer but d thing is . he’s carrier as a givted artise lies in his hand . but the only ting i can sa is 4 him to kep it up ,,
u know dat every male artise of now adays want heaven & earth on them .but i will say in my own opinion ‘dat you let all tose tings go.and just look up to your bussnis at hand .tat all i can say 4 now .bye is ur boy kkbrithris.
Is ur boy choicekid,i have been compossing song for year’s now but i have no sponsor or record lebel to help me out,so if ang one can be ebl to locate me i will give my best intertainment in music,i luv u all remenber is ur boy choicekid don’t doll
i want to join this group pls
nice 1 bros but pls i want 2 join
Plz guy expecialy mr.banky w i hav been composing songs since last upper year nd i nid a sponsorrer as a matter of fact i have a demo plz if u cn help me 2 join ur record label i will very grateful dis is my numba 08102230710 plz help mr.banky w love u all.
I will love to join eme boys
cos i will love to be like banky w
am only 17 year old, a boy
i rely need help
my number.08171897064