Nigerian artiste, Peruzzi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTobechukwu Victor Okoh popularly known as Peruzzi has gradually making his mark on the Nigerian music industry and we are totally following up on the journey.<\/p>\n
The singer is currently signed to DMW record label owned by popular singer, David Adeleke aka Davido.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Majesty\u2019 crooner got his first studio shot in 2007 and hasn\u2019t looked back ever since.<\/p>\n
The DMW artist was born on December 5th, 1990 and attended Lerato Primary School, Egbeda, Command Secondary School, Ikeja and graduated in (2007).<\/p>\n
Peruzzi shortly after his secondary school gain admission to study Medicine and Surgery at Odessa State Medical University, Ukraine.<\/p>\n
The singer who got admission to study medicine soon after dropped out to focus on his music career, was introduced to the music scene with his single \u2018For Your Pocket\u2019.<\/p>\n
Read Also:\u00a0SPOTLIGHT: Burna Boy, The \u2018Underdog\u2019 Taking Music Industry By Storm<\/strong><\/p>\nThe singer\u2019s hit song \u2018Amaka\u2019, wherein he featured superstar singer, Innocent Idibia aka Tubaba is one project that drew attention to his work, and shot him quickly to fame.<\/p>\n
He revealed that Amaka was another song that changed his life, money-wise, because it brought him shows. Speaking on how the collaboration happened he said, \u201cI was in Larry Gaaga\u2019s (music businessman) place and then we were vibing. I wrote everything in the major part of the song and 2Baba came and added his legendary flavour to it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Then came his 2018 single Majesty, off his Heartwork EP featured 2018 Big Brother Naija runner up Cee-c.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, Peruzzi has endured backlash from critics who say he\u2019s an expert at collaboration and never does his own song by himself.<\/p>\n
On how his love for music began he said, \u201cI was born into a family where everybody sings. I have two sisters. My dad bought me a piano when I was seven years old. At that time, I had to learn how to play even though it was rubbish,\u201d he said jokingly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI remember the first song I ever learnt how to play was \u2018this is the day that the Lord has made\u2019. So every morning devotion they must sing \u2018this is that day\u2019. I mean like that\u2019s the first song I sing like ten times before we end the praise session.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then proceeded to join the choir as his dad is a deacon and an engineer while his mum was a deaconess and a doctor.<\/p>\n
While studying as a medical student, he said he didn\u2019t do anything music his first year because it was new to him and he needed to be serious.<\/p>\n
Read Also:\u00a0SPOTLIGHT: Quick Facts About Rema, Nigeria\u2019s Fastest Rising Singer<\/strong><\/p>\nHowever, a chance to sing in his second year at a Valentine party exposed him and before he knew it they started paying him to come perform at shows then in school. But he hadn\u2019t enough songs and was battling trying to shuffle his music and study at the same time. So whenever he got the time he would go to studio and write songs. \u201cOnce I\u2019m in the studio I\u2019m ready to sing we record that day because I may not have time again,\u201d Peruzzi explains.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo I go to studio and then I would record all the songs I have rehearsed and stuff. So I was doing it like that till my third to fourth year. After my fifth year, I had issues with my passport; somebody stole my passport. As at that time, I was already tired because I was seeing things happening in Nigeria music industry and I knew I could do better.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then found his way back to Nigeria, abandoning his medical study, not without pressure from family members to go back to school.<\/p>\n
On meeting Davido, he said, . . . \u201cThen three years later, I met this guy so the first song we dropped was For Your Pocket\u2019. Then we now came back to Lagos. . . I just slept one evening like that; I was tired then I woke up, checked my phone I just saw messages from people hitting me up to go check Davido\u2019s Instagram handle.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did; the first thing I saw was \u2018Davido official liked your video\u2019, that\u2019s \u2018For Your Pocket\u2019 video on Instagram. I just checked the page again to be sure because I just woke up I now saw that verification badge. . . The next day, the same thing, I slept again, in the evening woke up \u2018go and check Davido\u2019s messages\u2019 because I was following him then. I just checked he was playing the song he wrote my name there. \u2018Eh that one like guy\u2026I don\u2019t blow that was it.\u2019 But still, after that, I didn\u2019t know what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read Also:\u00a0SPOTLIGHT: Quick Facts About Your Favourite Rapper, \u2018Vector Tha Viper\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\nHe later met Davido through Chioma, who happens to be Peruzzi\u2019s distant cousin.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo cut the long story short, we did \u2018For Your Pocket\u2019 remix and dropped it. So one time like that I went to Ekiti and I was coming home; he (Davido) just called me. Then he was like \u2018omo come house o!\u2019 I said \u2018ah where I\u2019m staying is very far o!\u2019 And I was really tired. He now said \u2018eh no wahala you can come tomorrow. But I have recorded \u2018FIA\u2019 (a song Peruzzi wrote. That song would then turn out one of the best songs from Davido).<\/p>\n
\u2018Omo I just told the Uber guy about-turn lets go.\u2019 And he played it. And it was too perfect like it was his story . . . so it really sounded perfect and that was what changed my life. Many people think it was For Your Pocket that actually changed my life, but no it\u2019s that song, that particular song that changed my life.\u201d<\/p>\n
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