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LOJAY AFROBEATS INTELLIGENCE    • Lojay on Making 'Billions", Crafting His S...  

Lojay sits with Joey Akan and talks about his songwriting tastes and the process behind creating the hit record Monalisa.

This episode of Afrobeats Intelligence peels back the layers on one of Nigeria’s most emotionally raw voices. Known for breakout hits like “Monalisa” (with Sarz), “LV N ATTN” (with Wizkid), “Leader!”, and “Moto,” Lojay reflects on his unlikely rise from behind-the-scenes songwriter to global artist.



From his early days at Nigerian Turkish International College – where 13-year-old Lojay’s rap group Decoy went viral with "Spending Money" – to quitting UK engineering school for music, this interview traces his journey from invisible kid to genre-shaping artist. He reveals how Sarz pushed him to reconstruct "Billions" after a flawed performance ("I only fear God became its emotional core"), why "Mona Lisa" succeeded through pure instinct over trend-chasing, and how he doesn't write, his songs are conversations.

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