Patoranking | Credit: newslexpoint.com
The Reggae-dancehall singer, Patrick Nnaemeka Okorie aka Patoranking, has disclosed how Timaya was instrumental to his success in his singing career.
Patoranking narrated, “I first met Timaya in 2009. Then in 2011, I came to his house, and as he saw me, he asked where I had been all this while, and I told him I have been hustling.”
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The songwriter continued, “He said if I don’t record a sweet song, I will not leave his house. And that time I was living in the ghetto…”
The singer expressed that on the first day he recorded, he tried to impress Timaya, who was living in an estate, knowing that “…I won’t pay for rent, studio, and food.
“That was how God used him to bless me. We were staying at Maruwa Garden, on the Mainland, so I moved with him to Lekki. On getting to Lekki, we started hustling, I then recorded ‘Alubarika.’ When we recorded the song everything changed,” he said.
Patoranking reasoned that he would not have become a music star today if Timaya hadn’t been there, or hadn’t paid for that video or allowed him to stay in his house.
Ever since, Patoranking has become a household name in the music industry, and a successful brand that has won several awards, including the Nigerian Entertainment Award for Dancehall Artist of the Year 2017.
He also clinched The Headies Award for the Next Rated 2014, and The Headies Award for Best Collaboration 2014, winning The Headies Award for Best Recording of the Year 2022.
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