- Soso Soberekon has shared Iyanya’s pre-fame journey.
- According to the music exec, Kcee discovered him in Calabar and promised to help build his music career, however his parents didn’t agree.
- Soso claimed they were at the airport before Iyanya called them that his parents finally gave in. Kcee would later house him for four years.
Music executive Soso Soberekon has revealed how Iyanya was discovered by Kcee, years ago in Calabar, Cross River State and how the Limpopo singer played a key role in the Kukere master’s journey to stardom.
Soberekon, a former music producer and KCee’s ex-manager made this revelation during a live chat with media personality Daddy Freeze.
During the conversation, he also put KCee on a phone call to confirm the story.
According to Soberekon, Iyanya was hosting a karaoke show in Calabar when KCee spotted him, walked up to him, and offered to take him to Lagos to pursue his music career. KCee recalled:
“We had to meet his parents for approval before he could travel with us.
We were already at the airport when he called to say his parents had finally agreed because they initially refused.”
Soberekon further disclosed that after winning Project Fame West Africa in 2008, Iyanya lived in KCee’s house for four years, sleeping on the couch due to limited space. He explained:
“He slept on the couch for four years because there was no extra room at the time. KCee’s family was living in the house, so the only available space was the couch, he wrote two songs for Kcee Presh then and both were produced by me.”
Iyanya would later rise to fame with a monster hit, ‘Kukere,’ and become one of Nigeria’s most recognized music stars.
In 2023, lyanya Onoyom Mbuk, simply known as lyanya told a similar rise to fame story, crediting KCee for helping him.
Although he didn’t reveal the year it happened, Iyanya disclosed KCee bought him his first flight ticket from Calabar to Lagos. He added that the Ojapiano crooner housed him for two whole years.
Iyanya made the disclosure in an interview on Naija FM 102.7, Lagos. The Kukere hitmaker also stated that Kcee was a better dancer than him.
