Nigerian singer, Tobechukwu Victor Okoh, popularly known as Peruzzi, has revealed that legendary musician, Innocent Ujah Idibia, aka 2Baba, is his mentor.
Emphasizing on the ‘African Queen’ crooner’s influence on his talent, Peruzzi admitted to copying his lyrics and musical style “a lot.”
Peruzzi spoke in a recent episode of the Zero Conditions podcast on Pop Central.
He said, “2Baba is my daddy [mentor]. I copy from him a lot. If you listened to ‘Amaka’, you’d notice I copied his verse I just changed some things on it.
“Till now, I still copy from him. I have to say the truth.”
Peruzzi also stated during the show that he is a “special” artist because he is an all-rounder.
“I can do everything when it comes to music. You’ve met every artist, they know only some things, they don’t know everything. That’s why I am special,” he said.
ICYMI: Why I may never work with Kizz Daniel again – Peruzzi
Nigerian singer Tobechukwu Victor Okoh, popularly known as Peruzzi, has said he may never work with his colleague, Kizz Daniel.
He said he and Kizz Daniel worked on a song titled ‘Gwagwalada’ but the Fly Boy boss gave the song to another artist, BNXN, fka Buju.
Peruzzi said he wasn’t consulted before Kizz Daniel went ahead to release the song with BNXN and Seyi Vibez.
Speaking in the latest episode of the Zero Conditions podcast, he said, “Kizz Daniel and I made ‘Gwagwalada’ together but he gave the song to Buju.
“I called Kizz for a collaboration. He came and played random songs, then he played ‘Gwagwalada.’ And he said he wants to call Buju so we can decide on the song. He called him, the guy came. He sent me the song there, and I went home. Only for me to see that they’ve dropped the song one day without anybody reaching out to me.
“So, I don’t think I will be working with Kizz Daniel anytime soon. Right now, I don’t think so.”
