{"id":8292,"date":"2026-07-10T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voxtrend.ng\/?p=8292"},"modified":"2026-07-10T10:33:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T10:33:39","slug":"how-wizkids-ojuelegba-quietly-sparked-a-tekno-hit-and-what-that-moment-reveals-about-afrobeats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isokovibe.com.ng\/blog\/how-wizkids-ojuelegba-quietly-sparked-a-tekno-hit-and-what-that-moment-reveals-about-afrobeats\/","title":{"rendered":"How Wizkid\u2019s \u201cOjuelegba\u201d Quietly Sparked a Tekno Hit, and What That Moment Reveals About Afrobeats"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tekno opens up on Cool FM about how obsessively replaying Wizkid&#8217;s <em>&#8216;Ojuelegba&#8217;<\/em> shaped his own smash hit <em>&#8216;Rara&#8217;<\/em> and why he calls it a career favourite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some songs don&#8217;t just get admired, they get absorbed. That&#8217;s what happened to Tekno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>In a candid Cool FM interview, the Nigerian hitmaker revealed that his own chart-topping single &#8220;Rara&#8221; didn&#8217;t just draw a little inspiration from Wizkid&#8217;s <em>&#8220;Ojuelegba,&#8221;<\/em> it practically shares its DNA. Same chord progression, same feel, he says, calling it the natural result of one great record influencing another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2074551440496832760\"><em>Watch here<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/x.com\/i\/status\/2074551440496832760\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tekno didn&#8217;t dance around it. He explained that he played &#8220;Ojuelegba&#8221; so often that its structure eventually seeped into his own songwriting, birthing &#8220;Rara&#8221; almost as a tribute. He also named the Wizkid classic among his all-time favourite records, not just in Afrobeats, but across any genre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WIZKID  - OJUELEGBA\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q7QiLceJSLQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a rare moment of an artist openly crediting another&#8217;s work as a direct creative spark, rather than just a vague <em>&#8220;influence.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To understand why the song left such a mark, it helps to remember what it meant when it dropped in 2014. Produced by Legendury Beatz for Wizkid&#8217;s Ayo album, <em>&#8220;Ojuelegba&#8221;<\/em> turned a gritty Surulere neighbourhood into a symbol of struggle, memory, and eventual triumph. Its raw honesty and irresistible melody made it an instant anthem, one that helped push Nigerian pop onto the global stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That global reach became literal in 2015, when Skepta and Drake hopped on a remix, introducing the record to entirely new audiences abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What makes Tekno&#8217;s confession land even harder is the parallel: just as <em>&#8220;Ojuelegba&#8221;<\/em> became a defining chapter for Wizkid, <em>&#8220;Rara&#8221;<\/em> did the same for Tekno, cementing him as one of Nigeria&#8217;s most consistent hitmakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tekno - Rara (Official Video)\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yul2-4mc6mg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than a decade later, both artists are still building. Wizkid recently thrilled fans with a standout set at Afro Nation Portugal 2026, while Tekno is riding the release of his new eight-track project, Where Did Love Go, which sees him experimenting across genres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tekno opens up on Cool FM about how obsessively replaying Wizkid&#8217;s &#8216;Ojuelegba&#8217; shaped his own smash hit &#8216;Rara&#8217; and why he calls it a career favourite. Some songs don&#8217;t just get admired, they get absorbed. That&#8217;s what happened to Tekno. 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