OG FAJEY SPEAKS ON HIS WAY TO BECOMING ONE OF THE GREATEST AFROBEAT ARTIST
The golden age of Afrobeats and Afropop has birthed several influential sounds and creative minds that the world once never expected to ever hear from. Their Willingness to hone their craft and show the world just how far the genre has come is illustrated by no other than OG Fajey. OG Fajey is a textbook student of the music game and has the catalogue to show for it. For OG Fajey it’s quality over quantity – his music never fails to reflect his own personal growth, and show he is perfecting all other aspects of music creation that contribute to his ever evolving sound.
We sat down with OG Fajey to discuss his early influences, commercial successes and creative collaboration – all which ode to the incredible sound of OG Fajey we hear today.
WHO IS OG FAJEY?
OG Fajey is the boy from Delta State, Nigerian with a big ass dream and a lot of a Will and guts to go after that dream. And ( someone who) thinks about the world whilst doing it.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ESE AND OG FAJEY?
Not much, My brand is me, who I am. I don’t fake or exaggerate anything. I’ve been like this before the music started popping. I guess the biggest difference now is that I’m extroverted now because I literally have to be.
AND HOW HAS THE PROCESS BEEN FOR YOU, UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU NEED TO BE COMFORTABLE BEING UNCOMFORTABLE?
I guess at some point in my life I knew (Music) is what I always wanted to do, so I consciously began moulding myself into that- the aim has been to build the ultimate terminator, which I’m in the process of building (Laugh).
AS AN ARTIST, YOU ARE VERY GENRE FLUID. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR SOUND.?
My sound is soulful, once it’s put together, you’re listening to a soulful song once you strip it of it’s beat, the melodies are touching your heart and the words are ringing in your ears Things that make you, at times question yourself.
DESCRIBE YOUR JOURNEY FROM ALAYE TO TIME?
Between 2024 and 2025 it was again just about improving my craft and dropping music here and there, when I look back at it, it really did pay off. I met many people and connected with them along the way – all the people I work with today and those around me are made up of people who took a similar path of making crazy Shit. it’s all part of the mission- do or die.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE CURRENT STATE OF AFRICAN MUSIC AND IT’S INFLUENCE ON THE GLOBAL MUSIC STAGE?
As time passes by. I do believe African music is here to stay. I feel like (African music) is the new soul genre (at least) what it was in the 70’s and 80’s. And one of the biggest elements of Afrobeat music is the soul. The way it makes you feel. A lot of it’s stems from church music, which a lot of that music came from. Now there’s a heap of culture that now comes with it – the dances, the continent, the whole black movement. It’s about empowerment that represents so much. We as artists are very fortunate to be part of the movement and push the genre forward. We’ve seen it grow ( from strength to strength) and it’s crazy ( to witness) ( once upon a time) Afrobeats back – to – back was reserved for house parties or ( that odd club) night dedicated to Afrobeats. Even so, you’ d probably only hear the likes of Wizkid or Burna boy. Now there’s Afrobeats everywhere in the world. Artists like Costa Titch from South Africa, There’s so many. And there is no stopping it, it’s a whole continent! within Afrobeats, there are different Sub- genres (emerging) – it’s not a spark, it’s a wildlife.
WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE, WHAT DO YOU WANT THE WORLD TO SAY ABOUT OG FAJEY?
I want the world to say I was one of the greatest artists in the history of music. Not just the greatest African or Afrobeat artists, one of the greatest full stop. And I did things in music that had never been thought of before that elevated the status quo. Things that other artists would draw inspiration from.
