I’m making more money as a solo artiste — Mr P
Nigerian Musician, Peter Okoye also known as Mr P, has said he now makes more money as a solo artiste than when he was part of the defunct music group, P-Square.
Mr P made this known in a recent interview with HipTV, while speaking about his debut album, ‘The Prodigal’,
“I’m making more money. Freedom is key. I can get a call that there’s a show next week and it’s my daughter’s birthday. I can say, ‘cancel it’. As a group, I couldn’t do that. Moneywise, if I used to share three ways, I share alone.
“What am I doing music for? It’s about doing it how I feel it. It’s not even about the money. But when it comes to that, I make more than I was while in the group.”
Mr P, while speaking on why he titled his 16-track album, ‘The Prodigal’, said he wanted something that would suit his situation.
He said, “Naming my album ‘The Prodigal’, I wanted something that can suit my situation. Remember, it’s not ‘The Prodigal Son’. The meaning of ‘prodigal’ is someone who lives lavishly, being so successful and independent,” he added.
“Someone ready to take responsibility for his decisions. My album was supposed to be titled ‘Blessed’. But everyone already knows I’m blessed. The prodigal son ran away and came back without succeeding. I’m still succeeding.”
He continued “What I look out for when featuring is that it must fit the artiste. There are so many collaborations that didn’t go far because they didn’t fit the individuals. When I was doing the album, it never had a song called prodigal.
“I decided I wanted one. The first person (for collaboration) that came to my mind was Burna Boy. After putting up the song, I sent it to Burna Boy. He loved it. The problem was that he just released his album.
“But the company he was signed to was going to give me clearance in March. I couldn’t wait that long because, then, I wanted to release on November 18th. Another person I thought about was DJ Switch. I called her.
“We had in mind that we would bring Burna Boy for the remix. I wrote that song because of Burna Boy.”
