I was pained that Fireboy, Oxlade blew before me – Singer Spyro

• Appearing as a guest in the most recent episode of the Tea With Tay podcast, Spyro recalls being hurt after some of his junior colleagues in the industry became popular before him.
• According to him, he didn’t know that God was preparing him for something big

Nigerian fast-rising Singer, Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, popularly known as Spyro, reflects on his career, reveals an unexpected sentiment of pain he felt, upon witnessing the rise of fellow artists Fireboy DML and Oxlade before him.

Spyro, who appeared as a guest on the current episode of the Tea With Tay podcast, expressed his disappointment that some of his junior colleagues in the music industry rose to fame ahead of him despite paying to promote his songs on blogs at the time.

He added that, unbeknownst to him at the time, God was teaching him through his delayed achievement that it was by his grace and not by his talent.

In his words:

“I paid for my song to be on NotJustOkay which was a big platform back then. Once you hear their voice tag on a song, the song don blow. So, I thought that (I would blow).

“So when Fireboy come blow, I was like, ‘Eh! Fireboy blow before me? God, me I still dey…’ And all those times, God was teaching me that it’s not about my talent but by his grace.

“Oxlade too. I mean, before Oxlade blew, na me… Eh God! Oxlade was in my show in 2018. I also brought Davido and Mayorkun for the song. I had a song with Davido and Mayorkun in 2018. I thought that the song would blow me.

I would post Oxlade on my social media pages and urge fans to watch out for him. And he would come to my DM to appreciate me. Then he just blew before me. I was like, ‘God, what is going on?’

“Na Oxlade and Fireboy blow na im pain me pass. No be say pain but it triggered me. I am happy that they blew at the point they blew but these are people that I was in the industry before them. I was like, ‘God, what is going on?’ So, it was so painful for me. It was frustrating. I would cry. I would struggle with God.”

"…na Oxlade and Fireboy blow na im pain me pass…I am happy that they blew at the point they blew but…"

– Spyro

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— @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) January 20, 2024