BURNA BOY BETRAYED ME! Cubana Chief Priest Exposes Fake Friends & Praises Davido

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]There's a lot of reactions from social media especially from people who don't feel comfortable seeing me support the present government of um president.

[00:00:11]>> I'm speaking against the government from for doing that and also coming out to actually support that same government.

[00:00:16]>> I was promoting PTO be in the last election as a special advisor. I could actually do better if I am on the table where these decisions are being made. Me not being able to get the ticket. What I can support the guy who is there by now sending my people around to get to show him schools that not active to show him medical centers that need to be active to show him roads that not working to show him villages that don't have pipe bone water. You understand?

[00:00:44]>> Takes a lot of guts, you understand?

[00:00:45]>> And check who is the best person for the job. But some of these people who are attacking the president don't even know who their local government chairman is.

[00:00:53]And my support for the president is something that is not shakable because I I had to take a proper look at the achievements of APC in my own state as a Nigerian to become president. I must support a Yuruba man. I must support an EO man. I must support an also at the moment as a Nigerian. Okay, >> if you check my life, one of the best people that have come around my corner that have brightened my life are Euroba people. I'm a boy who rose to success from apprentichip. I served somebody from that and that's how it works in politics too. Um, you go by a lot of things these days.

[00:01:33]>> Yeah. You just I'll just go to the mic.

[00:01:36]Yeah.

[00:01:36]>> So, um, so, uh, what do I call you? Is it CPC chief or is it Kubana? Uh, so which is it?

[00:01:41]>> Maybe morning or what?

[00:01:43]Absolutely love that. So, uh there's a whole lot to have a conversation about today. Uh you know, um you just dropped your new song today, Balenciaga.

[00:01:53]>> Yeah, sure. So, what's the idea behind, you know, that record though? you know um a couple of um weeks ago I've been engaged um in Nigerian politics trying to represent my people my good people of all also an uru east federal constituency you know and um the outcome wasn't amazing on my side because um I wasn't opportun to clinch the ticket under the platform of the all progressive congress um APC you understand to be the flag bearer to to run the election. So because of who I am, you know, he's chief priest, he's always a buzz, he's always energy, he's always noise, he's always active. You know, there's a lot of reactions from social media, especially from people who don't feel comfortable seeing me support the present government of um President Ba.

[00:02:51]So they got um they got so excited about it and they feel they could mock me through it to make me feel kind of down to make me feel like maybe I made the wrong choice or I made a I made a mistake.

[00:03:07]>> But you know um you cannot be Nigerian if you don't partake in Nigeria. You understand? I believe um what I did is um I just try to do beyond social media posting. I want to go beyond um um um um protest. I want to go beyond the normal thing that we've been doing all this while. I wanted to get into the table. I wanted to be on the table where the proper discussions of how to move this country forward are being the decisions are being taken, you know.

[00:03:40]>> So possible.

[00:03:41]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And you know there's been a lot of um you know um controversy about that. a lot of talk, a lot of, you know, back and forth and like you rightly said, all stemming from the fact that, you know, you you decided to go all out for uh the APC. So, how have you been dealing with uh you know, the backlash? There's been a lot of backlash and especially because um you're not somebody that is known to be um political. You started becoming um you know, from my own perspective, you started becoming political when you you know, you made a comment about Unamanu, you know, back in the day when he was sentenced and a lot of people said, "Okay, yeah, you are coming and you're speaking for something that you believe in." And owing largely to the fact that uh this president was um the arrest and trial of Canu started under president Bhari but you know he was sentenced under you know this current president.

[00:04:24]So a lot of people were like okay you're speaking for someone uh who a lot of people have you know mixed feelings about a lot of people call him um you know somebody who committed treason and you know um some people from uh the southeastern part see him as somebody that's speaking up for them. So uh you put out a lengthy uh you know Instagram uh you know Instagram comments as regards that then uh people are saying it's kind of weird you know making that 360 as regards you know speaking um speaking against the government from for doing that and also coming out to actually support that same government uh you know in the run to the 2027 elections and you also running under our party's umbrella as well.

[00:05:01]>> Okay. Um you know just like I said earlier on brother um what we have to do at this moment is to go beyond what we used to do.

[00:05:09]>> Mhm.

[00:05:10]>> And um what we've done over the years was make a post make a video people are going to like it comments people you have um a lot of tractions about the post but after that as a social media person you know after that >> what happens >> nothing happens.

[00:05:32]I feel I felt I could go beyond >> social media posting. I felt I have the energy to participate. I have the time.

[00:05:41]I have the money and I have the experience as somebody who has been able to build himself to this standard. As someone who has been able to build businesses, someone who has been able to to to to help brands grow in their own businesses, I felt I could actually do better if I am on the table where these decisions are being made instead of waiting for those decisions to be made and I go ranting on social media.

[00:06:07]>> Yeah. And I think that takes a lot of guts, you understand, to actually throw yourself into the arena. So, um, what happened happened, you know, the results of the results of the election. So moving forward, um your support for the APC and you know this present government and this present president to actually run for 2027 um the outcome of their primary does it does it um you know dwindle your support in any way?

[00:06:27]>> No, not at all. Because um my my support for the party is undiluted and my support for the president is something that is not shakable because I I had to take a proper look at the achievements of APC in my own state. I come from Imo state, you understand? And I see the contributions of what the president has done to push the country forward. You know, a lot of governors now are being able to do a lot of things in their states without borrowing money.

[00:06:58]>> Mhm.

[00:06:59]>> You understand? They have opportunity to get this money that is being gotten back from subsidy to help them build their states better. A lot of them are not doing better but some if you can see some governors who are motioning properly you understand you understand that there is an effect and there is a change and you know um people feel they the the the energy needs to go directly to the president but some of these people who are attacking the president don't even know who their local government chairman is and their local government chairman takes home a lot of money every month from the president directly because the president made does have this local government um autonomy where money goes directly to local government >> so that they can properly invest and grow via local government areas but Nigerians are not interested in knowing who is my LGA chairman what is he doing with the money he's getting from the president to follow up rather they they throw the energy like ah we don't like this guy bring him down and you know um um the president is not somebody who has that um social media energy you understand like other people running for for for for for the race. My brother, we are living in Lagos. I'm right here now in your studio doing this because >> Lagos is um is is on point. Yeah.

[00:08:20]>> You understand? Like it took me a couple of minutes to drive from my house down here to come and do this. And you know the energy you receive from being a Lagosian, >> this is the most active state in this country, Nigeria. And this president made it possible. Okay.

[00:08:37]>> So if we say let's do practical let everybody who is contesting which most of them have been former governors in their state let them come and see let us check their achievements look at what they have done look at whose states is more active since after they went out of power and check who is the best person for the job.

[00:08:57]>> All right cool understand when you check that you will know that it's president.

[00:09:01]All right. So, um on the heels of that too as well, um you know, there's a lot of conversations around the fact that um the presidency in Nigeria has rotated, you know, beyond um amongst almost every every part uh you know, every uh every tribe or every every part of this country and one of the the only the parts of this country that's not produced a president is the southeast and um it seems like you know from the last election cycle to this election cycle um you know there's been a candidate that's Peter who is from the southeast and you know unarguably you know um people have different opinions as regards how he did as governor. Uh but um in a lot of people would argue that in the spirit of justice and you know fairness and the fact that we need to grow this one Nigeria that since is a is a turn of the south now that okay you know you know what um we've had the south western governor um president before uh so there should be a form of rotation um rotational type thing where uh we see um you know the first president of Nigeria actually coming from the southeast.

[00:09:58]>> Okay. um you know why I had to take this bold step was I needed to know how this thing works >> politically.

[00:10:08]>> Mhm.

[00:10:09]>> I don't want stories anymore. I'm a practical guy. I'm not somebody that like to do much of the talk talk. I go to the field and get it done. You know I have seen that there's a process and there is a structure in this. You understand? So the best thing you can do as a politician is to look at the table and watch the formula being played, know the formation and know the best time to strike for you to win.

[00:10:37]>> There is a lot that it takes to be a president in this country. You must need votes from the north. You must need votes from the south. You need at least 25% from >> Yeah. Um at least 20 at least 21 states.

[00:10:50]>> Yes. Yeah. So, so, so now it's something that you have to understand that you need a lot of partnership to do it.

[00:10:58]Partnership, you need to collaborate with people and you need we need to watch how long you have been able to sustain and build people so that we can understand that ah this battle if we go and vote for you as a polling unit, you have people who are going to protect your votes there. It's beyond a let me post on IG or let me my post will get 1 billion views.

[00:11:20]those votes on that day of election were were you able to protect your vote as a candidate? Do you have the proper structure for people to be in all the WS and all the polling units where elections are being conducted to take care of your vote? It goes beyond um social media. So now what we're looking at is who has built a proper structure a proper formation that I don't need to waste my vote anymore because if you say I should go by sentiment yes as an ebo man I was give it to my brother you understand which we have done in the previous election but we saw the the the he wasn't really prepared and ready to protect what we did you understand then you looked at the fallout out from people who have been following you all this while they were nowhere to be found again. And then you look at the structure of President Balinu, people who have been with him all these years, how they have been rewarded, how they have been part and parcel of what he does, you understand that wow, this is the kind of leadership I need. So as long as you need to collaborate as a Nigerian to become president, I must support a Yuruba man. I must support an ebo man. I must support an ala man as a Nigerian right and that is what I'm doing at the moment as a niger. Okay. If you check my life brother one of the best people that have come around my corner that have brightened my life are Euroba people you understand. So when you look at my relationship with people like Davidido Shinimu so many Nigerian musical acts you understand that these guys go beyond Niger beyond Euroba when they want to support me. So I don't need to be under that um bracket of manu I get a lot of support from EU people much more you understand but for us to get to the government at the center we must collaborate okay and collaboration is about service I'm a boy who rose to success from apprenticeship I served somebody even after going to school I learned a trade that was how I got successful I had to learn somebody's business.

[00:13:38]>> As I was serving that person, I was meeting people coming around that person. I was meeting his friends. I was meeting his associates. I was meeting his partners. I was meeting his family.

[00:13:47]And I absorbed a lot of connect from that. And that's how it works in politics too. Apprenticeship you must serve. You must pass through the process. That's why some people are laughing. You know, small thing for don't pass. You understand? But I got to understand that RTP this is beyond money.

[00:14:07]>> Yeah.

[00:14:08]>> This is beyond influence. It's all about service. How long have you been committed to this vehicle that wants to convey you to power?

[00:14:18]>> Okay, cool. So, on the back of that though, um aides, you know, the music and you've had your better your fair share of controversies. Uh you know, one of that is, you know, the fallout uh between yourself and Bern. Um I stumbled on a video you know way back because you used to be very active in the club uh you know in the night scene you know booking artists and doing you know everything that you were doing uh back in I emo state and you know there was a video of um Bernab boy actually being at you know one of your events and even your birthdays and there was a lot of commadery uh you know there. So what do you think led to that um that beef or that animosity you know that spilled over to social media?

[00:14:54]>> Oh you know um success comes with a lot of hate.

[00:14:58]>> Yeah. You know like I told you I started my journey from apprentichip.

[00:15:03]>> Yeah.

[00:15:03]>> From service. And in that process I learned so much about growth. I learned so much about perseverance. And I I got to understand how people treat you when you start becoming successful. You know I was on my own and Ber came for me.

[00:15:21]>> Yeah.

[00:15:22]>> You understand? Went on his big platform and started tweeting things are not genuine. things are not possible, things that have not existed with my name, you know, and the attack was straight to my wealth.

[00:15:38]>> So, he wanted to make people look at my wealth, disrespect my wealth. I'm like, we passed through this process together.

[00:15:47]This is the same source that were booking you. This is the same source that was paying you. So how all of a sudden you feel you now become so big to like mock or try to bring down something that help made you down, you know? So I felt bad and that happened because of my relationship with that. So he felt like ah I'm supposed to be with him. I'm supposed to be rolling with him. But when I checked the relationship, David is always there for me. David opened all my outlets, all my nightclub, restaurants, everything. in my house, you know, where David must come through to make sure that CP it works out for CP. So, I felt so bad about I'm like there was so many front and back. I'm say what does this guy even think he's doing? I can actually do this your music too, you understand? To let you know that I can do anything I want to do. And um if you watch of recent he he himself also have also invested into the nightlife business and he's now joining us in the club business you understand.

[00:16:47]So he's um partners with some club right now which is next to my business you understand. So I understand how hard he's going to make sure that he does what CP is doing. But the fact is I'm doing music because I want to prove a point to let you know I can actually do what I want to do. And that's why I made Balenciaga. You know, I was a little bit sad that the Nigerian youth does not understand the energy I put in to make a change. They looking at it like let's mock him. Sh goes on. They never give you so that they can make me feel bad and turn against somebody I'm supposed to be with. Yeah.

[00:17:28]>> So, and I looked at it, I said, "No."

[00:17:29]That was why I jumped into my studio and I told them that I balance. He's still day. He's still there, right?

[00:17:36]>> You understand? 10 years after, 20 years after, 30 years after, you're going to still see CP, doing his thing, chopping life, making music, working hard, supporting people, building brands, putting up legacies. You understand?

[00:17:51]That thing you feel I couldn't get at the moment.

[00:17:54]>> Yeah.

[00:17:54]>> It's not a problem.

[00:17:56]>> I'm going to hit back again.

[00:17:57]>> Yeah.

[00:17:57]>> You understand? And definitely I'm not going I'm going to get it because um um um um President Bahinu sacrificed 8 years and pushed in President Buhari.

[00:18:09]>> Yeah.

[00:18:10]>> To first go before him.

[00:18:12]>> Mhm.

[00:18:13]>> So what am I learning from my master?

[00:18:16]Patience, perseverance, knowing that you can step back, restrategize and hit at the right time.

[00:18:23]>> Okay.

[00:18:23]>> You understand?

[00:18:24]>> Yeah, that makes it, you know, that makes a lot of sense. So that's why I had to jump into the studio and let them know this is still CP and in less than one week from those that primary CP has a new hit song >> banging out here and that's why we're right here at BM 99.9 to make you understand that CP is not stopping and to all you people who feel you have something to say about me CP is going nowhere CP is doing his own life his lifestyle his choice you know and he's doing that with energy. So putting much of your time on your own self so you can get useful to yourself than spending so much time watching CP and trying to [ __ ] CP down.

[00:19:06]>> Yeah. So um you you did um there was a lot of growing for you you know in emo where you um you know started the whole night life and everything. So um was it always in your plan to say okay you know what um I think I've conquered here and I want to move to Lagos because a lot of Lagos um comes with you know you're moving to a new state you're moving to a new town you're moving to a new city no friends no family uh so you know what made you you know take that huge leap of faith and coming into Lagos because um there was a conversation that you said oh you came from IMO you came straight to IUI uh you know and all of that so um that transition from Io state coming to Lagos and also you know playing at the highest level. What made you, you know, take that leap?

[00:19:46]>> You know, I I didn't actually come to Lagos like a couple of years ago. We came to Lagos in 2017.

[00:19:53]>> Okay.

[00:19:54]>> 2018 with Pablo >> by Cubana.

[00:19:57]>> Okay.

[00:19:57]>> You know, we were buzzing from Aeri.

[00:20:00]Yeah.

[00:20:01]>> I was bringing people down from Lagos, from Abuja, from Pot on coming to enjoy the night life that we created in Aeri.

[00:20:10]So we we we thought beyond that and said ah we can actually take this into Lagos because as a businessman if you don't have your brand in Lagos I feel is incomplete >> you understand even if you're going to put it in a 10 square meter but that visibility that you get that your business is in the center of excellence is 100 >> so we brought Kubana to Lagos and boom we were straight to the top you know the story you understand we had everybody and we had partners We work with people like Mo and Hennessy, you know, Lee drop, Glen Federic, you know, we had all these brands um coming to us because we were popping at the moment. We're popping heavy, you understand? And that business is still intact till today, you know. We did um a couple of months in Victoria Island and we switched straight to EA where we did another massive Cubana before we moved it down to Enugu.

[00:21:03]plan was to take enjoyment around the the the states of the country. You understand? We might not touch the whole states, but let it go to the whole zone.

[00:21:13]We were in Abuja. We are still in Abuja.

[00:21:15]We're in um um um um you know, we're in um Lagos, you understand? And we are that means we are in the whole geopolitical zone of the country. And I'll tell you, Lagos changed our lives because Lagos made it easy for the world to see us, for the world to interact with us. And that's why I have Lagos at the back of my mind always because everything is in Lagos, you understand?

[00:21:41]So bringing our business down to Lagos as of 2017 was the best decision we took as a group. And from then we now decided to expand go into other stuffs that works well in Lagos like real estate and so on.

[00:21:57]>> All right. Cool. So um a lot of people envy your relationship with David because um a lot of people do not know the background as regards how you guys became friends and how that friendship has just waxed stronger and how you've um you know he has been a solid friend to you. You've also been a solid friend to him.

[00:22:13]um how did you guys meet and um a lot of people say how you treat friends, how you're able to build commodery says a whole lot about your character.

[00:22:21]>> Yeah. Um David is a very genuine person.

[00:22:25]I I randomly met Davido.

[00:22:27]>> Yeah.

[00:22:27]>> I was chilling at Intercontinental Hotel in VI at the poolside. My wife just came back from America with my son Donard.

[00:22:36]>> Yeah.

[00:22:36]>> And I saw David walked in, you know. I'm like, "Yo, bro, I just got my son back from America. I have an American citizen." Like, I was so excited like I wanted my child to my children to be American because of I was a fan to that video. So, when I saw I'm like, "So, wait, wait, wait, let me go and bring my son for you."

[00:22:57]>> So, he just got in. I was already there.

[00:22:59]So, he sat with some friends. They were ordering for drinks and went up to my room, brought my son and my wife down to say, "David, even his international passport like yeah, >> see Nani boy, you understand?" So he was excited to he was happy for me genuinely without knowing me, you understand? We took pictures and I told my wife, "Okay, they can go up." And I now sat with him.

[00:23:25]We started conversation. I said, "Yo, I run the biggest club in Southeast and I want to book you this weekend. and I want us to go. That was how I I I started instantly I booked David to go with me to a weekend.

[00:23:38]>> Mhm.

[00:23:39]>> And I'm like, bring your account, you know, because I knew that business is what bonds.

[00:23:45]>> So instantly I booked. I said, ah, bro, I beg. And David came. We had a blast.

[00:23:52]He saw the vibe. He saw my energy. He saw I genuinely feel good about him. And that was how we connected. And since then, it's been progress, progress, progress, progress, progress. And it's it's over a decade now. And um I'm grateful to God because of that because David is like my biggest blessing.

[00:24:12]>> Yeah. So um yeah, we see you do a lot of philanthropy and um you know, when you go back home to your people, uh you know, your little uh you know, village, how you know, they receive you. So um and I'm also of the opinion that um it's easy for people to stay in different parts of the country and you know want to have opinions as regards um what people in different parts um you know think as regards who represents them who feels closest to them and who speaks their language, who knows their pain and who can properly tell their stories. So do you feel like a lot of Nigerians do not prop properly understand uh you know what it means to be one politically active and two to be able to have that connection to um people in in their various localities and to get to a place where uh they see you as somebody genuine that you can actually represent them. So it's almost like um you know you sit in Lagos or you sit in different parts and have bougie ideas as regards uh you know what politics should be about. You know, I'm a proper village boy, you understand? And if you talk by the vtory of investment, what has been invested in your locality, I think I'm the best person to represent my people because I have stacked up billions in investment as my own house in my village.

[00:25:26]>> If I don't love village, I'm not going to go build a country home in my village. You understand? My house has about six duplexes in one compound. And I can tell you, I think I'm I'm I'm like the only artist who has that in this country. Like I have a solid country home back village. Like I can take 50 people home, put them in different rooms, get everybody lit, you understand? Massive pool, massive um um lounge. I have a club in my house in the village. I have everything done because I enjoy village. Growing up, my dad must take us home for Christmas. He must take us home for Easter. We must go home to farm. You understand? So >> I understand that you must the only way you can show success is in home.

[00:26:12]>> Yeah.

[00:26:13]>> Because our people said in Hebrew which means that when your wealth gets home know who really made this world. So I think I've made a name for my people in my for myself around my people.

[00:26:28]>> They see my wealth. Yeah, >> they have seen it in terms of what I built as a house. They have seen it in terms of the cars I bring home. They have seen it in the times with people that come back home with me and the level of empowerment that I do for them. You understand? I try as much as possible to make sure my people get supported from me because that's the best way I can enjoy my world. So insecurity ravaged my place for a while.

[00:26:57]I couldn't go home 5 years. So when I got home, I I wasn't happy with the way I met him. You understand? I said, "What best do we do? Let's get started and start cleaning up everywhere." And immediately we started cleaning up. I did a massive um oppression mass return >> for my people and our people came back home last Christmas. You know, we did concerts, we put up shows, you understand? We supported different days to make sure that our place is active again. I mustn't be in government to fix my place. You understand? So me not being able to get the ticket. Well, I can support the guy who is there by now sending my people around to get to show him schools that not active, to show him medical centers that need to be active, to show him roads that not working, to show him villages that don't have pip water. You understand? I'm going to support him by showing him what to do.

[00:27:52]You understand? as a law maker to to to assist our people and for me I will still do the best I can do with my private funds to support my place because no place like home you understand the biggest joy I get as a big boy is when I pull up in my village and I look at the legacy I've built that even if I'm no more here today you I have somewhere you will come and see this is chief priest's house Lagos is not my house or is not my house. I have houses there that I own, but my village house is where I believe that this is my home. That is where I'll be laid to rest.

[00:28:32]>> Yeah.

[00:28:32]>> So, so I need to put in a lot of energy.

[00:28:34]I need to build companies there. We need to create employment for people there.

[00:28:39]We need to create opportunity for people to learn skills and acquisition. We need to make sure that we eradicate illiteracy completely because as long as we are still breeding illiterates, we must have insecurity. So our schools, our basic education must be active and ready to take children away from illiteracy and give them proper education so that they can understand that the future holds a lot of hope for them. All right. So um you mentioned something that's very uh you know very interesting and you're like uh insecurity you know stopped you from going on for quite a while and a lot of people can tie that insecurity to um you know the rise of uh you know unknown gunmen you know IPOP activities and all of that and you know when you now just suppose you know that with um you know your you speaking out you know in support or I would say in support or you speaking out against the uh incarceration of a Cano. In my head I'm I'm just like okay when you look at the sale at home uh when you look at everything that you know came about as regards u as regards you know the growth of IPOP the prescription of IPOP you know unknown gunmen and you know the vast insecurity that spread across um you know the southeast. So um how a lot of people might just find a hard time saying okay um we can tie the insecurity to um you know all the sit homes and everything that happened. So why are you leaving your voice to somebody who is directly connected to you know all that activity?

[00:30:03]>> You know um a lot has happened in Nigeria.

[00:30:08]>> Yes.

[00:30:08]>> We see this is a country that has three different tribes. You understand? And we see the way other people that did the same thing this guy was doing in other tribes. We are being treated and we think it wasn't fair.

[00:30:21]>> That's why we feel bad about it. And that's why we comment. We're lamenting about it. And that's one of the reasons why I want to be on the table where these discussions are being made so that I can echo properly as an ebo man to say no I'm being we are being marginalized we are being treated badly you understand so you know two wrongs they say cannot make it right and um this is one of um the most powerful guys from where we come from and we feel him being able to come back to home and interact with the people and come back to the people will bring a lot of hope, a lot of peace back home and we don't need to be shouting what we're doing anymore.

[00:31:03]>> You understand? Because we have seen that this thing goes beyond social media posting. We are going to those offices that are required to be that require us to go to. We're petitioning the right people and we're lending our voice. And that's why I felt being a lawmaker would have been the best thing that would have happened to somebody like me who has my kind of voice. You understand? to be able to speak up at the right table, not speak up for people who will come and just comment, drop emojis and go. I want the right the discussions to be made in the right room. You understand? Where you say, "Ah, this thing you people are about to do. If you do it, Southeast is going to be damaged. Sis is going to go back." You understand? So because I've seen regardless of how social media tries to support I've seen that you need to go beyond social media you understand by getting involved.

[00:31:58]>> So that is why we are getting closer >> on doing everything to clinch power and God knows I've not walked into any room politically and I've not been able to say ah if we feed free this man he go help us. So it's something that I don't need to fight about. I don't need to yell. I don't need to protect. I don't need to I need to use diplomacy to get it because as it stands now we have fought. We have done sit at home. We have done all these things and it did not yield result. So but when we now get into the room properly, >> we can actually make the change that we want always desired.

[00:32:38]>> All right. Um a lot of let me not say a lot of people though. Um you were be you were directly behind uh you know the blow up of um you know uh the Ogi boys.

[00:32:47]That's Boy P, right? And uh the other one. Yeah. So how did you um how did you meet them and um how were you so instrumental uh to them just blowing up?

[00:32:56]Because if you remember that song was released on um Didito's traditional wedding day and it was just everywhere uh you know just blowing up. So was that um your your push to say okay you know what I think I can actually do this music thing?

[00:33:09]No. Um that wasn't I was actually working um to push my boys and put my boy on. Um Boy P.

[00:33:18]>> Yeah. A special boy to me. I met Boy P in 2018.

[00:33:23]>> Yeah.

[00:33:23]>> He did um a freestyle for me. He's kind of guy I never see, you know. I can't I can't I can't just forget that. And I and I looked at it on IG. I'm like, who is this boy? and I wrote him and I invited him over to my place, hosted him, and that's how he became my boy. And I started supporting everything that he does musically. And um today he's in London, he's on his UK tour, and it's something that I'm so happy and excited about. You know, music is something that comes with a lot of energy. You would keep working and keep working. and he's someone that I see how dedicated he is in the music thing. So, fast forward to Oichi, he did the song, send it to me. He said, "I have this song with my friends and we are coming up." I said, "This song is beautiful. Put it on. Let's be going."

[00:34:20]He said, "But I would like to do some collab with it to find somebody put maybe kiss Daniel, maybe Tiwa, maybe Davidido." I said, "No problem. Just the push your thing. They go." So we put he put out the song with his guys and boom, >> he was making sense and we were preparing for David's traditional wedding. So I had David in my house. We were outside chilling. So I brought um a sound box, put the song on and put it on repeat. And he was playing to David hearing and I was like, "David, this song is bad. It won't be bad for your wedding." You know, because me, I know what I want for my boys. I'm like ah this goately what I was doing very >> so and David was like ah this one really makes sense. See I said the boys could like me to go me I'm somebody that I've learned David so much David is not somebody you push to the world he's not somebody you force do something >> you allow it flow if you want force it go isn't the thing >> you understand because smart boy >> so but when you allow it to organically happen >> he can do what you will be like wow >> you understand do I really deserve you can see the kind of stuff he does he will invite that boy to come from worry to come and cook for him. You understand? It's someone that he likes to do what he wants to do.

[00:35:52]>> So I now got his attention on the song and he said, "Okay, tell the boys made him come." I called them and they pulled up >> and he said, "Ah, I like this song. Make go studio." From there we went to the studio and David voiced on the song. We left the studio and went for Chama's bridal shower. Dropped her and came back to a club. were at the club and the producers came back and said they are done with the song but like play they played it in the club and it was boom.

[00:36:20]So David went home that night think he played it for the wife at home and the wife loved the song so much. So in the morning David started call you day call those boys made them come make we do snippet I just play this song for my wife she they cry CP my wife they cry I beg call those boys come you know I'm like I said okay okay I called the brother I said make come here now this be like don't they work for a favor >> so I will not say is mind making >> is the making of a good craft. The boys created a charm.

[00:37:02]>> Mhm.

[00:37:03]>> And is God's plan because if not that David had a wedding to do, what is he doing with that song at the moment?

[00:37:11]>> True.

[00:37:12]>> So, and it happened from someone who has a good heart, >> who wants to help because David genuinely wanted to support the guys just because they have a good craft.

[00:37:24]That's why I keep encouraging people to work because if they didn't have vogage, what will I play for? Badass, you understand? So that was how David jumped on the song, paid for the video, put the boys on on his wedding, they performed the song together and I'll tell you that changed those boys lives.

[00:37:44]>> Yeah, it did. It did.

[00:37:46]>> Today they are big boys in the industry still pushing hard, >> you know. So, and all thanks to you too as well for you laying that uh laying that connection to as well. All right.

[00:37:56]So, um you've dropped a bunch of songs and the songs are yeah sounding very very decent especially uh for somebody who you know who we didn't know as an artist for somebody uh who was you know just dabbling in other parts of the instrument industry. So, we're going to see you uh you know put out like a full um a fulllength project maybe like an EP or like an album.

[00:38:16]>> Yeah. Um definitely I'm working on a body of work. Okay.

[00:38:20]>> Um cuz um I started doing music, it was a big challenge to me.

[00:38:25]>> Yeah.

[00:38:26]>> The first song I dropped more money >> Mhm.

[00:38:28]>> was David's song.

[00:38:29]>> Okay.

[00:38:30]>> David had that song with Boy PR Joel and um and he >> Mhm.

[00:38:35]>> And he then dropped his album. He didn't put the song on it. So I now told him, "Bro, I don't talk this. I go do music.

[00:38:43]I do music." Like you go leave this song for me.

[00:38:47]>> Yeah. He say you go singer. I said yes.

[00:38:50]So I record and make. So I went to the studio. The song was I don't put their mind say bad I will never fail at all.

[00:38:58]>> Yeah.

[00:38:59]>> So I removed the badest I will never fail at all. And then put I don't put them for their mind. Say CP I will never fail at all.

[00:39:06]>> So after recording it I sent it to him.

[00:39:09]like they go you feel so make talk to the producer tell him what he do you know he talked to the prod say do this do that and they fine-tuned the song and boom it was going >> it was great I love the video love the video too as well >> said do it do it gave me that energy that I needed you know because like I said David is somebody who >> David will be performing on his stage big stage >> and He will allow you be by the corner.

[00:39:40]>> Yeah.

[00:39:40]>> No artist like share that kind glory.

[00:39:44]>> Mhm.

[00:39:44]>> He wants you on. He even you'll be giving me sign. I said, "Come on now.

[00:39:49]People, they like the way you're dancing." You know, he wants he genuinely wants to put me on.

[00:39:54]>> Yeah.

[00:39:55]>> Not just me. Everybody around him.

[00:39:57]>> Yeah.

[00:39:58]>> You understand? Because you not going to see any big three performing for stage.

[00:40:04]You seeing friend by the corner or you see in guy. So it takes a lot of my guy somebody say my guy my guy. So he actually made it possible for me to do music because >> once I'm like done with um any song I like David drop he'll be like he's nice keep pushing it's cool. So that encouragement of somebody like David telling me is nice.

[00:40:32]>> I make music for myself first, enjoy myself, then before you that want to listen because if I don't love it, likewise every musician, they are not going to put it out.

[00:40:43]>> So when someone like him says a nice jam so I've met some other artist, people like CP, you understand flavor with CP.

[00:40:57]I'm proud of you, Feno. We reach out.

[00:40:59]I'm You're going crazy on this, you know. I like you're so serious about this. So those level of encouragement from these my guys make me understand that ah I am welcomed into this industry. You understand? And for real, I'm having fun because music really makes me feel so young. It makes me feel like ah I'm still struggling. I'm still pushing. You understand? So that's I always invite boy P to come around Zoro >> so that >> they give me that ginger and I'll tell you you know people won't tell you I've supported musicians from the east well you understand I've supported the craft but our people are not going to say that because you know when they they want to build that narrative to bring you down they'll do everything to bring you down last year I bought about four cars for my artist they are not signed to me >> you understand just because we have a song together. You definitely get a car from me. You understand? So is is because I feel that's the reason why I came into the industry.

[00:42:03]>> I cannot have a song with you now and you don't have a car to pull up where I am and people will be seeing me and you on YouTube >> where I have a song with you and people know that ah this guy has more than 15 cars in his house.

[00:42:17]>> So why can't I get my guy a car? You understand? So it's it's something that I'm proud of doing. You understand? Look at Spiky, you understand? Say Spiky.

[00:42:28]Spiky was like, "Chief priest. I want to do a song with you." You know, he was committed to come. We did a a nice song finally for my wife on our birthday.

[00:42:37]Shot an amazing video with Director Pink. He has a video with Director Pink now. You understand? It's a plus for his career. And we have a new song coming too. You understand? And we are working.

[00:42:47]We have a lot of collaborations that we're working on and I have a lot of plan for him too as a person who has affiliation with me musically. So music for me is all about elevation using who I am to to to raise the younger ones that are around me and also raise myself.

[00:43:09]>> Okay, that makes sense. So um so I'll just end with this. So after all that is said and done. Yeah. Uh so what's that one thing um you know when when God calls us eventually uh you know for for people to always remember for it to be your legacy that okay uh when Chief Priest was here uh what do you want to be best remembered for?

[00:43:29]>> I want to be remembered for knowing that I stand for what I believe knowing that I when I'm with you I'm with you till the end. You know, I want to be remembered for being able to know that this guy is someone who don't care about your opinion about him. Your opinion is your own description.

[00:43:52]>> I can only define myself better. You know with if you look at Nigeria now with the reactions of people with what I'm doing politically Nigerians are like if I'm a bad person where they chop person money person where if you want to and do business you know go deliver person where they find trouble you for don't see cases of people coming out say this guy defrauded me this guy did this but for someone to be of my status and you can't find one person who can come out and say ah this now waiting CP do to me we be batting with evidence >> you understand you know that I've tried my best to be a nice guy I've tried my best to be a good guy I've tried my best to affect people positively because I believe so much in karma and I believe so much in do to me what you want others to do to you so I will be remembered for being a man a man who will tell you this is what I want and this is what I want.

[00:44:54]I don't care. You understand? So because I was special advisor to a sitting APC governor.

[00:45:00]>> Yeah.

[00:45:01]>> In emo state and I was promoting PTO be in the last election >> as a special advisor to an APC governor.

[00:45:10]My brother, that's the law of boldness.

[00:45:12]>> Yeah.

[00:45:12]>> That's to let you know that I know what I want and I can say I can stand for what I want. You understand? It's not for money. I have a lot of money. is not for there is nothing I can make politically that I don't have already.

[00:45:26]There is nothing that you will give me that I feel that I have not been able to acquire for myself. Where I am now I'm killed like that's why you I I barely make mistakes financially because I can't jump into a fresh business without being so sure about it. I don't want to do new things. I don't want to meet new people. You understand? I'm just managing the circle that I have already because you know hustling you get as you go take over hustle you go collect the one where you don't hustle before you understand so the place where we now >> we are chilled we are now motioning gradually so that we don't lose the things that we have already acquired for ourself so shout out to everybody playing my song shout out to everybody supporting me shout out to everybody criticizing me um I see all of them. I go into my closet and I ask myself, CP, are you doing the right thing? And I tell you, CP is on the right track and I'm not going to stop. I'm not going to settle. Just be ready. More to come every day, every time.

[00:46:34]>> All right. Yeah. So, this has been a very interesting interview. Uh, you know, there's a whole lot I've learned and, you know, um, it's great to always see things from, uh, you know, a different perspective every time. So, we're about to play that new song that dropped today. Uh, it's called Balenciaga. So, who produced this one?

[00:46:48]>> Yeah, it was produced by It was produced by um two producers.

[00:46:54]>> Okay.

[00:46:55]>> Mastercraft.

[00:46:56]>> Yeah.

[00:46:57]>> And Gay, the boy that does Gay.

[00:47:00]>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:47:01]>> So, he's close to my boy Boy.

[00:47:04]>> Okay.

[00:47:05]>> And shout out to him. Amazing boy.

[00:47:08]>> Um he's doing good. Shout out to Mastercraft too as well.

[00:47:12]>> You know, we've made a lot of hits together. You know, this is one year I've been doing music.

[00:47:16]>> Yeah, I know.

[00:47:17]>> I can hold the stage down for like 30 minutes.

[00:47:19]>> Yeah. With all these songs you put out songs. So, so you'll see that I'm committed to what I'm doing and I'm not stopping. But this one is special. This one is for everybody talking rubbish about me, that doesn't care to watch closely, that has not even done anything yourself. You're trying to criticize somebody. What have you done? What have you built? invest much of your time on yourself and let CP be cuz CP is chilling and CP is using your your your your what do we call it algorithm or what?

[00:47:53]>> Yeah.

[00:47:54]>> You understand? The more you're coming on my page to do stuff, the more we are active and I'm happy. But I just want to tell you something. As Nigerian youths, if we don't join and do politics, we can never take back our country because these old folks, there are so many in this politics and politics is a game of numbers. If we don't outnumber them, they will still be in charge. So, Niger youths, this one, you know, they do them for CPO, you they do them for yourself.

[00:48:26]Get involved. Know who is your LGA chairman, know who is your counselor, know who is your governor, know who is running the affairs of your state till then the presidency. Let us come together and get involved. We're registering people are registering PVCs now. But you see so many people on the media, they don't even have PVC. You understand? And to our brothers and sisters in diaspora, they are one of the major people who are causing problems for us in Nigeria. Know that you will still come back to Niger someday. Don't destroy it from afar. Encourage Niger.

[00:49:00]Not just post the bad bad things where they happen for Nigeria. Also post the good things because the only thing that we have is this Niger. So put Nigeria first. And um I'll tell you it's only a matter of time we are going to try off.

[00:49:14]Get involved politically. Niger youth.

[00:49:16]It costs nothing. You cannot have 5 million followers on Instagram and you don't have pol you're not doing politics. You a loser. You understand?

[00:49:25]Because you can't make a change. And there is no bing being partisan. Be in your own party. I'll be in my own party.

[00:49:31]We meet in the field. You understand? We evangelize our party. Do our thing. It's not a do or die affair. Is not um something that you do out of so much hate. As long as you have job to do and you're making money, you are not going to be so pain. So get involved, get a job, get something doing. Nigeria is working. It's working for some people who have motioned. You understand? Make sure you're doing something because some people complaining, "What have you done?

[00:49:58]You're here now in your radio station. I have to look for you."

[00:50:01]>> Yeah.

[00:50:02]>> Because you have value.

[00:50:04]>> Mhm.

[00:50:05]>> But some people they are not doing anything >> and they want things to happen >> happen. Yeah.

[00:50:10]>> The cameraman is here recording.

[00:50:12]>> Yeah.

[00:50:12]>> We need him >> because we want visuals.

[00:50:15]>> Yes. True.

[00:50:15]>> You understand? Do you have value in your workplace? If you don't come to work today, we did feel your absence. A lot of people have not created value for themselves. You wake up every morning, you ask yourself, if I don't go to work today, work go well for my office. And if I tell you if work can go well, if you don't come to work, then you need to work on yourself more. Create proper value for yourself. As long as you have value, you're going to stay here forever. All right. So, we're about to play that brand new song right now.

[00:50:46]That's Balenciaga by Chief P. It's been a very interesting interview and remember you can follow us across all social media platforms. That's facebook.com/thebe99m.

[00:50:54]It's twitter.com or x.com/thebe999m instagram.com/thebe99m and the same for YouTube. That's youtube.com/thebe999 FM. All right. Yes, Balenciaga by Chief Priest is 1013. I