{"id":24352,"date":"2025-06-24T13:55:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=24352"},"modified":"2025-06-24T13:56:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T13:56:22","slug":"i-almost-gave-it-away-lil-kesh-reveals-he-nearly-passed-on-breakout-hit-efejoku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=24352","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Almost Gave It Away\u201d: Lil Kesh Reveals He Nearly Passed on Breakout Hit Efejoku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Afrobeats sensation Lil Kesh has revealed that his breakout hit <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Efejoku<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> almost never made it into his own discography, as he initially planned to give the song away to hit producer Young Jonn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In a recent interview, the music star shared the surprising backstory behind the track, admitting he didn\u2019t initially see its full potential. According to him, his focus at the time was on melody-heavy tracks, and <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Efejoku<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> didn\u2019t quite fit that mold. As a result, he offered the song to Young Jonn, the producer behind the beat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI recorded the song, but I didn\u2019t know the value of it,\u201d Kesh said. \u201cI was like, \u2018Yeah, it\u2019s nice, but not really my sound.\u2019 I told Young Jonn he could have it, and he was happy to take it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">However, a late-night hangout with music executive Olamide (Baddo) changed everything. While chilling at Oriental Hotel, Kesh played the track for Olamide, whose enthusiastic reaction made him rethink his decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI played it for Baddo and he was blown away,\u201d Kesh recalled. \u201cHe was like, \u2018You gave that away? Go and collect your song!\u2019 So I called Young Jonn and said, \u2018You know that song\u2026 let\u2019s have it back.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The song eventually became one of Lil Kesh\u2019s biggest hits, helping to cement his status in the Nigerian music scene and adding a defining track to his early career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Now, he says <\/span><span class=\"s3\">Efejoku<\/span><span class=\"s1\"> is one of the songs he\u2019s most grateful for: \u201cThat\u2019s a crazy story, but I\u2019m so glad I recorded it and took it back.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afrobeats sensation Lil Kesh has revealed that his breakout hit Efejoku almost never made it into his own discography, as he initially planned to give the song away to hit producer Young Jonn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10875,10876,10874],"class_list":["post-24352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-breakout-hit","tag-efejoku","tag-lil-kesh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24352"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24352"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24355,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24352\/revisions\/24355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}