How Starboy revived Duncan Mighty's career after initially ending it

WizkidHow Starboy revived Duncan Mighty's career after initially ending it

Duncan Mighty is the rave of the moment following the success of the song, 'Fake Love' with Wizkid, but perhaps the Starboy also had a hand in his initial stumble.

playWizkid (Instagram/Wizkid)

Since the release of the song, 'Fake Love' which features Wizkid alongside Duncan Mighty, the Port Harcourt’s first son has seen his career witness a renaissance of sort.

Music producer, K Solo in a recent interview on Wazobia Max highlighted the role that Wizkid has played in reviving Duncan Mighty's music.

According to him, ''Thank God for Wizkid that just woke every artist up to Duncan Mighty, like he is just one new upcoming artist in Lagos,'' he says.

This is a view shared not just by K Solo but by a number of music observers.

Following the success of 'Fake Love', Duncan Mighty has become the hottest property on the scene with many drawn to his sound.

This has seen him record a number of collaborations with artists including Reekado Banks on Bio Bio, Masterkraft on 'Low Waist', Ceeza Milli's 'Sabi', 'Uju' by B-Red, DJ Xclusive's 'Gimme Love', Bracket's 'Chinelo' and the list goes on.

Duncan Mighty has also concluded works on an unreleased song with Tiwa Savage and has been pictured in the studios with Burna Boy.

playDuncan Mighty and Burna Boy in the studio (NaijaMusic)

Now the veteran artist who has been around for over a decade, and whose style of music is no different from what he usually offers, has seen his career revived in an industry where identity and originality have been traded on the altar of the next hit song, as everyone simply want him to replicate the magic that worked on 'Fake Love'.

So while Duncan Mighty’s talent is exceptional and his unique style has again been brought to light, there is no doubt that jumping on a song with arguably the biggest Nigerian artist at the moment in Wizkid was the masterstroke that worked for him.

But is Wizkid only reviving a career that got stalled following his rise? Now before you are quick to misunderstand, let’s go back a little to when Wizkid emerged on the scene.

playWizkid and Duncan Mighty (Youtube/Wizkid)

The year was 2011 when he released the album ‘Superstar’, a body of work that became an immediate commercial success, and also set the path to the status he currently enjoys globally.

'The Superstar' album came at a time when the likes of Duncan Mighty, Timaya and Terry Gheld sway on the scene.

These artists had been pushing a brand of music that was beginning to sound the same in terms of melody, infusion of their local languages, similar story-lines and even instrumentals.

It was all becoming too repetitive, too predictable and although they had occasional hit songs that still topped the charts, many were in search of something different.

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