Former EME artiste and label mate to Wizkid, Skales has revealed that though Wizkid inspires him , they are not really friends contrary to what many believe
The ‘Temper’ sensation made this known in a recent interview . According to him:“Even in EME, we were just cool for the business and for the music – and whatever happened happened.
“We are doing great in our different lanes. He’s doing great with Drake, I’m doing great with Nicki Minaj.”
“I can’t deny the fact that we started together and he’s doing really big things. We are all doing really great in our different ways, in our different lanes and I’m inspired by his work and stuff,” Skales said.
Speaking on how he met the sensational rapper, Nicki Minaj, Skales noted that it was masterminded by Diplo. “It’s still crazy to me how I keep getting DMs from her.
“Nevertheless, I can never give props to anybody else than Diplo of Major Lazer.
“It was Diplo that hooked us up and he’s the reason why I can communicate with her and share my sound.He gave me that platform to share my sound with the world.”
The Jos born singer also revealed in the interview that he never really intended to sign with the Banky W led Empire Mates Entertainment (EME).
He said: “I wanted to have something that’s mine. I never wanted to sign to any label.I wanted to do stuff my own way but as an artiste, you need that financial support, you need that platform, hence the reason why I signed to EME.”