There’s something intriguing about child superstars and the level of talent one ought to exude to attain that height. While some may argue that this group is susceptible to the negative influences bedeviling the entertainment industry, others see it as an impressive expression of genius.
The Nigerian music industry has, over the years, seen child superstars come into the limelight at one point or another. From Wizkid, who started off as a child artist and grew into one of the exceptional talents of his time, to Rema, who is arguably one of the most talented artists right now, and now Muyeez, the latest youngster on the block.
The 17-year-old Vibez Inc. signee is a talented artist with an amazing voice who came into the limelight with the release of his hit single, ‘Instagram’ in April 2024. This song created a shift in attention among listeners, music executives, and other key players in the Nigerian music industry toward this youngster, who had released such an enjoyable tune. Perhaps the heightened nature of this excitement was fueled by the fact that the industry had not seen such a young act, at such a young age, pop into mainstream acceptance and garner this much attention in a while.
To capitalize on this attention from the industry, Muyeez released his eponymous project, Muyeez in May 2024, which gave further credence to his talent and officially placed him as an artist to watch. He went on to release the deluxe version of this EP, and another EP titled Hat-Trick barely a month after the release of his debut, totaling the number of new projects to three in one month of mainstream acceptance.
Although the approach to music releases is not very traditional — especially for someone with a young and promising career like Muyeez — a chunk of the blame, I suppose, should rest on his label boss, Seyi Vibez, who should have learned from his time at Dapper Records how releasing multiple projects in a really short time made most of his songs go under the radar. Yet, the same pattern has been followed by his signee, which has now had an effect on this young talent in a supposed breakout year.
Regardless of this, Muyeez remains a promising artist with the potential to become one of the greatest artists of his generation and needs just the right amount of guidance and talent development to bring this to fruition.
Chukwuebuka Mgbemena is a writer focused on the Nigerian & African entertainment industry. He loves fashion, art and is a staunch chess player.
Oh well, lets see how he’ll evolve in the space yeah?