{"id":647937,"date":"2019-07-01T11:06:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T11:06:38","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"post-1216679\"><!-- .entry-header --><div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\">\n\t\t<p>By Rotimi Agbana<\/p>\n<p>Overtime, recording a cover of a top artiste\u2019s song has paved the way for many underground musical greenhorns. Lagos State-bor"},"modified":"2019-07-01T11:06:38","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T11:06:38","slug":"how-ed-sheerans-shape-of-you-boosted-my-music-joeboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/01\/how-ed-sheerans-shape-of-you-boosted-my-music-joeboy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Ed Sheeran\u2019s \u2018Shape of You\u2019 boosted my music &#8211; JoeBoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1216679\"><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>By Rotimi Agbana<\/p>\n<p>Overtime, recording a cover of a top artiste\u2019s song has paved the way for many underground musical greenhorns. Lagos State-born Afro-pop artiste, Joseph Akinfenwa Donnus, a.k.a Joeboy has been a beneficiary.<\/p>\n<p><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1216687\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1216687\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1216687 size-full jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"348\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/Joeboy.jpg\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1216687 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/1561979198_837_Joeboy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"348\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1216687\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joeboy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>YouTube Week kicks off with \u2018An Evening with D\u2019Banj\u2019<span class=\"A11yNotice-u1v0gg-0 dWDZbM\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking with <strong><em>Showtime<\/em><\/strong> on how he came to limelight, the singer who was discovered on social media by fellow singer, Mr. Eazi, explained how doing a cover of UK musician, Ed Sheeran\u2019s \u2018Shape of You\u2019 helped to boost his music career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up in a music family; my older brother was in the choir and my dad played the keyboard in church. Also, I used to be in the studio with big shots like ID Cabasa and 9ice when I was in primary school. I normally watch when they start music from scratch, so that got music in me. Then I started singing for fun; I made a cover for Ed Sheeran\u2019s \u2018Shape of you\u2019 and it went viral. That was when my career started\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that hanging out with the likes of 9ice, ID Cabasa among others gave him the inspiration and encouragement to believe he can also be a successful musician like them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHanging out with 9ice, ID Cabasa and other top music shots has rubbed off well on my music. It made me realize that I can also do music and be successful. A lot of people think that there is a slim chance at making it in the music industry in Nigeria or even not possible, but then I saw people like 9ice that was like a normal older brother to me then and in no time he was in South Africa, doing tours and shutting down the whole place. That gave me the motivation that I can also do music and be successful in it. I can say the likes of 9ice and ID Cabasa in one way or the other inspired me\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\tjs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\tjs.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9&appId=1281965775160257\";\n\t\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>\n\t\/\/Facebook\n\t(function(d, s, id) {\n\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t  js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.4&appId=513460408765074\";\n\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\t<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rotimi Agbana Overtime, recording a cover of a top artiste\u2019s song has paved the way for many underground musical greenhorns. 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