We spoke to Nigerian rapper, Zeez this week who chatted about his new single,Atewo and also took the time to reflect on this year in both his musical career, as well as in our industry as a whole. See what the fiery artist had to say.
Hi Zeez, Welcome to ZAlebs today! How are you doing?
Hi ZAlebs, I’m doing great, thank you. Thanks for having me.
Right now all the hype is around your new single/video Atewo, featuring Olamide. How happy have you been with the reaction to the single? Is it turning out to be the kind of track you had in mind when you were recording?
Yes, I’m very pleased with the response the song has gotten thus far. It’s been amazing. You know, “Atewo” means applaud in Yoruba, one of the three major Nigerian languages, so the reception I was hoping for was one that was celebratory. You know, it’s a song that celebrates hard work, success, beauty, victory, excellence and so on, at all levels.
Atewo is a song that people can own and use to celebrate their achievements and successes in 2014 and beyond. What I didn’t anticipate, however, was the virality of the track. It’s been trending in Nigeria and on high rotation on all major radio and TV stations here. South Africa is also showing the song great love. Atewo is already being played on 8 South African local radio stations and some local TV channels, with more looking to pick the track up within the coming week, which is great!
You’ve already scored over 20,000 views for your video on YouTube and I’ve seen it on Channel O and the likes; are you happy with the reaction so far?
I’m very happy. The video has actually scored almost 50,000 views so far. Over 25,000 on my channel THEREALZEEZ and about 23,000 on my label’s channel HF Music. I’ve received a lot of positive feedback around the track and video. I’m thankful to everyone that has watched it so far. To your readers who haven’t seen the video yet they can check it out below:
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