I almost gave away my hit song “Efejoku” – Lil Kesh

Afrobeats star Lil Kesh has shared that he almost gave away his hit song, Efejoku.

Lil Kesh made it known he nearly gave the song away to producer Young Jonn because he didn’t initially recognize its potential.

Lil Kesh admitted that he was more focused on melody-driven tracks at the time and didn’t think “Efejoku” fit his style.

However, after playing the song for music executive Olamide (Baddo) and receiving a glowing response, Lil Kesh quickly reclaimed the song and decided to keep it for himself.

The song went on to become one of his biggest hits, solidifying his position in the Nigerian music industry.

Lil Kesh now looks back on the experience, grateful that he was able to recognize the song’s value in time.

He said: “One of the songs that I’ve made in the past. I can’t really think of any right now but I can tell you for a fact, ‘Efejoku’, which is one of the songs that I will forever be grateful for that I ever recorded. I dashed it out.

I know, crazy right? I recorded the song, I mean it was produced by Young John obviously, but I didn’t know the value of the song. I was like yeah it’s nice, it’s not bad because I’m a melody driven type of artist, I love melody. So I was like it’s better like, and he was like if you don’t like him, I like him.

“I was like you can have So I remember I was chilling with Baddo and the boys, some night like that. I was at the Oriental hotel and I played it for Baddo and he was blown away. I was like, I dashed Young Jonn, he was like what? You better go back and collect your song. And me too, I was like um Jiggy, yeah you know that song, let’s have it, let’s have it. But yeah that’s a crazy story behind ‘Efejoku’.