Tekno overshadows Iyanya

It’s said that whatever goes up must come down. Nowhere is this adage truer than in the music industry where musicians rise and fall so rapidly that it’ll take your breath away. Without mentioning names, it’s a well-known fact that there are many artists out there who were relevant three, four, five years ago but nobody wants to listen to them anymore. Likewise, there are those who have been relevant for decades and are still relevant. And if we bring the relevance issue to bear on Kukere singer, Iyanya, it’s as clear as day that he’s struggling to remain relevant. Back in time when Kukere was the hottest song in town, Iyanya was also the hottest artist and in very high demand. But nowadays, he’s relying on hype to remain relevant. A music artist is supposed to let the success of his songs speak for him, not that he’s throwing lavish parties and flexing about town. In a nutshell, Iyanya’s songs are not really catching on with people again to the extent that Tekno, one of the artists on Iyanya’s label, Made Men Music Group, is blowing bigger than his boss by the day because his latest song, Duro, is very hot right now. And if Iyanya doesn’t get back on track fast, it’ll only be a matter of time before Tekno will overshadow him on his own label, the same way Wizkid became the main man on Banky W’s Empire Mates Entertainment and relegated Banky to the background.