Nigerian singer Mr Eazi, Oluwatosin Ajibade, has said he released his latest single to raise money for rent, not for his Lagos home, but for his home abroad.
Mr Eazi’s recent single is ‘Comfort,’ a cross-border Afrobeats and Afro-fusion collaboration featuring Ghanaian singer MOLIY.
The singer, while speaking during a recent appearance on Okikidft’s Twitch livestream, explained that he lives in a neighbourhood populated by Formula One personalities and tennis and football players.
“I still dey find rent. I wan pay rent, na why I even drop this song. No be my Lagos rent, na for where I dey stay,” he said in pidgin English.
“But where I dey stay na why all the — we give thanks to God, I no believe say I go first stay there — na where all the Formula One, tennis players stay.
“All of us, we are neighbours. So I fit just dey see Pogba… e dey make me like dey… They are very private people.”
The remarks come weeks after the musician-turned-investor emphasised his growing business portfolio, noting that one of his firms processes four million financial transactions daily.
He also disclosed that he has invested in businesses operating across 19 African countries.
“In the last four years of my career, I have worked as an entrepreneur, focusing on solving this problem of friction in Africa, which acts as a roadblock to making Africa more borderless,” he said.
“I have invested in businesses that are now operating in 19 African countries. One company I am particularly proud of processes four million transactions daily across these countries.”
Mr Eazi co-founded PawaPay, a fintech startup operating across Africa. He also runs EmPawa Music, a record label, and launched Choplife, a betting company, in 2024.
