The music artist Afrobeat Nigeriano-Britanic, Akintayo Abolaji Adeboyejo, also known as Tiyo Kay, has said that a good number of Nigerian musical artists are still surrender to radios and televisions of the United Kingdom.
He announced in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday after his newly published single, entitled: 'GBE'.
Tiyo Kay, noting that there is also the difficulty that its Nigerian musical artists be accepted in a predominantly white environment given issues such as cultural and linguistic barriers.
Speaking about the motivation behind the launch of the new song, he said: “To be honest, there was no particular thing that inspired the song Gbe. I had a reconstruction surgery of LCA in August 2024, and while I was recovering from my surgery, I hit my producer Tyemmy, and we did it, D and I was only out of pure vibrations.
“The song is very special for me, since it was done while I was recovering from an injury. I think it has a very infectious rhythm and a catchy hook that each music lover can definitely sing.”
Sharing details of his trip to music, Tiyo Kay declared: “I realized my love for music at a very early age when I started singing, since I was probably 8 years old. I sang next to Backstreet Boys and Westlife Songs. Then I started writing songs playfully just taking it more seriously when I wrote and recorded my first single” Love You “in 2014 in 2014 under my initial stage name Ty”.
When living with the uniqueness of its musical sound, Tiyo Kay said: “I will say that my sound is unique and I am really looking to distinguish my style and my sound from everyone else. I want people to listen to my song and say that it is a record of Tiyo Kay and do not say that he sounds like.
He concluded informing music lovers to wait more singles after GBE, since he has some more falls, and added that he is working on an EP and much to wait.
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