I am no promoter, definitely not a fan but Skally Obo has recently caught my fancy. I have been in the entertainment scene as a critic for years now and this dude’s case is a peculiar one.
Well, I don’t even know the dude’s original name, he doesn’t seem to have any sort of promo, a profile or whatever but he is as popular and more vocal than President Jonathan right now. I thought Google was supposed to know everything but even Skally’s profile and picture proved elusive.
All I could see was his music, his very lewd, pornographic music. Skally is the guy responsible for songs like Damoche and Meji le pon. Don’t worry I won’t translate what they mean.
Skally Obo is like a wind sweeping across the streets of Gidi. His music, even though cannot be played on radio is everywhere else. Skally’s case dispels the myth that you need to settle radio presenters, personalities, deejays to get your music played.
I have heard his music in the weirdest places. Check your boss’ i-pod playlist; I am sure it would be there. Some weeks ago, I heard Skally’s song jamming on a Visafone promo truck with the staff dancing with wild abandon to the porn ‘rebo rebo’ lyrics. The time was about 1pm and kids were walking about. Then came the shocker, I went to a one year old birthday yesterday and guess what, it was Skally again. I saw kids within the age range of 5-10 gyrating their hips and even mouthing the lyrics. I shuddered.
I am sure he is definitely getting a lot of birthday parties, underground shows and would even make more this Xmas season. D’banj, Wizkid,MI,Tuface et al might be all over your television and radio sets but Skally is a huge personality in his own right. Now, lie to me, tell me you don’t hum along to the dirty lyrics?
Skally would never win any awards but he remains an underground legend.
Have a nice week peeps.
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