American R&B singer, Shaffer Chimere Smith, has admitted that he will love to work together with Nigerian artists.
He mentioned Wizkid, Burna Boy, Tems, and Ckay, as artists he will love to with during a media conference with Flytime music before headlining their music festival on Wednesday.
The songwriter said he was surprised when he knew he had a huge fan base in Nigeria.
The 43-year-old record producer also spoke about his intention to change course into Afrobeats.
According to him in his words, he stated that “I remember being pleasantly surprised the first time I came to Lagos, Nigeria. I genuinely had no idea that I had such an amazing fan base here,” he said.
“For me to sit with producers and go and be like, ‘Let’s do some afrobeat today’, I’ll feel like an imposter.
“If I want to get into it, I want to be invited by an artist who’s already there.
“Let me feature on an artist who’s already there or I get an artist who’s already there to feature on something of mine, so that’s authentic.
“I’ll love to collaborate with some African artists. Wizkid is on the list, Terms is on the list, Burna Boy is on the list, and Ckay is on the list.
“I’m just waiting on a phone call. I don’t have anybody’s number for me to call. I’m waiting for them to call me.”
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