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Orezi To Drop Shoki As ‘Rihanna’ Video Makes YouTube’s Top 8

OreziAfro hip-hop sensation, Orezi, is back in the news. Not allowing the success of his hit single Rihanna and its wave-making video that has reportedly chalked up world top ten spot, he is set to drop yet another chart busting song, ‘Shoki’ in a couple of days.

It is surely the best of time for the young man as feelers have it that the Delta State born artiste is in advanced talk with a telecommunications giant on an endorsement deal to add to his already busy schedule.

An apparently happy Orezi enthused thus: “My busy schedule had delayed the talks but my management team had resumed talks with the company”.

With the video of ‘Shoki’ ready, his management source explained that, “Fans should watch out as Orezi is set to repeat what Rihanna’s video did last year as it created the kind of buzz in the industry that a young artiste had not achieved in a long while.”

It would be recalled that when all efforts late last year to get the American super diva, Rihanna, to feature in the multimillion naira video did not work out, Orezi and his management team as well as his label, Sprisal Records, went online and decided to shop for a Rihanna look alike. The search finally paid off when a ‘Rihanna’ sent in her entry from Mauritius.

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This young, beautiful ‘Rihanna’ named Kim was chosen from over 200 pictures entry. Orezi’s management till date did not reveal the cost of bringing this stunning beauty down to the shoot location in South Africa.

However, an inside source disclosed that Orezi’s label paid an initial deposit of 10,000 dollars to ‘Rihanna’s (Kim) master card account while her traveling arrangement to Johannesburg, South Africa revealed a Business class from Mauritius, – Israel – Hong Kong – South Africa.

She was also holed up in one of the biggest hotels in Johannesburg.

“That effort is beginning to yield some fruits with a global recognition of the Rihanna video by the world’s number one online TV channel YouTube,” explained the source, who added that, “YouTube Nation announced Orezi’s Rihanna video as the no 7 out of 8 Most Incredible Videos Around The World.”

He said, “The presenters singled Orezi out for commendation for what they described as the great video concept especially for him going extra length to get a Rihanna look alike to feature in the video. The concept, quality and directing was singled out as great. And with such a huge success in his first effort, one would think Orezi would pause and bask in the euphoria of his success like a typical Nigerian artiste, but no, he has been working and even travelled to South Africa to shoot his U Garrit.”

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He said the artiste was accompanied on the trip by the producer of the song, Del B, who incidentally produced Kcee’s hit Limpopo, Harrysong among many other notable and celebrated artistes in Nigeria.

For Orezi, “God has been good to me, as you can see things have really changed for me in both my music career and life. As you all know, I have a single out there that has reshaped the music industry, it puts smile into everyone’s face anytime you listen, it’s titled “Shoki.”

He further said, “Shoki is actually a dance that has been in existence but not popular until I saw a boy in my hood, dancing and I asked him what kind of dance is this, he said it’s called “shoki”. At that moment, the inspiration came and played it along a beat that has been on my phone since and behold it went well. I called the owner of the beat “Popito” and the rest is history.

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“Under five days, the song was done, mixed and mastered and released. I called my longtime friend, a rapper and director, Tosin Igho and we did an instructional dance video. We dropped it online but to our surprise it went viral. That same week my manager almost couldn’t believe the amount of calls he received. We planned shooting the video a month after but I have been busy these days going to satisfy my fans all over the country. I have to rehearse my performance well to give them value for their money.”

On the video shoot of “Shoki”, the singer said: “Well, as you guys know, all my videos have been on top 10 charts. We used about six different locations; different characters and you know how much that would have cost. The world should expect the best dance video of 2014. This one is going to make doubting Thomas to believe the gospel according to Alhaji Orezi.”