Olamide reveals his reason for non-international collaboration

The Nigerian ever cherished rapper Olamide has made it clear why he might not feature any International acts in his songs anytime soon as he is loathe to pay  any of them to feature on his songs.

The talented rapper who produced hits as ‘Who you epp’ and Abule sowo’ said that he doesn’t believe he requires the input of any international act to be successful or to place his name on the go.

This was revealed in a recent interview and he believed that he could remain excessively active in the Nigerian music industry even if he doesn’t feature any international acts.

The collaboration between local and international acts has been all the rage recently with Drake and Wizkid’s ‘One Dance’ of particular interest as it was on the Billboard charts on number 1.

While collaborating with many local acts, Olamide has said that icons such as Fela and others  needed not an international collaboration to be heard far and wide and also gain commemoration even after their demise.

He also noted that he was a fan of street music and that since he made his debut,  his music has gone everywhere even outside the shores of the country.

While speaking , he said, “I will never pay for an international collaboration, Fela never did any international collaboration neither did he lobby or pay for any international collaboration, and his music went as far as all over the world.

“He was relevant while alive and even after his death, his music was much sought after, so why would I want to pay for an international collaboration to remain ever relevant in music industry.