TayoNine Adeleke (T9 CONCEPTS) ⚡️.

33 DAYS BEFORE 33 DAY 32/33 MY GUY, JOEBOY I’ve known @Joeboy since 2019, although we didn’t become friends until 2020. I remember the first time I noticed him. He had just started making waves with Baby, and I came across the visualiser for the song. I loved it. I remember going to Basement Gig that same year to watch him perform, and eventually meeting him at Moremi Hall during my Fierce tour. We exchanged contacts, but we didn’t really keep in touch or speak much after that. Fast forward to 2020. I went into the Big Brother house, and one of the biggest songs at the time was Nobody. When I came out of the house after winning the show, I reached out to DJ Neptune because I wanted to jump on the remix. We made it happen, and that was how Joeboy and I started spending more time together. I remember the day of the music video shoot. I think it was around October, about a month after I had left the house. He asked me how I was doing, and I said I was good. But he looked at me and asked again. He said something along the lines of, “No, you just went into the house and came out with all this fanfare and everything. Genuinely, how are you?” That question made me pause. He was the first person who had taken the time to ask me that, genuinely, beyond all the excitement of coming out of the house and winning the show. I don’t think he even realised how much that moment meant to me. Not long after that, I was travelling to Abuja and bumped into him in the plane. Crazily enough, we were both going for the same show and had been booked into the same hotel. He sat beside me, and from then on, we started going to different shows together, especially because of the Nobody remix. And somewhere along the line, Joeboy became my guy. And when I say my guy, I don’t mean someone I just exchange pleasantries with whenever we run into each other. He’s someone I genuinely consider a brother. We think alike in many ways, and I find a lot of the values I hold dear in him. I’d like to believe he sees some of those same things in me too. We’ve been riding with each other since 2020, and six years later, that friendship means a lot to me. He’s someone who shows up for me. Someone who prays for me. Someone who genuinely wants to see me do well. He even gave me a song, Night and Day, and that song holds a special place in my heart because of what it represents and the thought behind it. And I try my best to show up for him too. That’s what friendship means to me. Being there for each other, celebrating each other’s wins and genuinely wanting the best for one another. I’m grateful to have him in my corner, and I’m happy that what started as two artists crossing paths has grown into a friendship and brotherhood I cherish. Big shout-out to my guy, Joeboy. I appreciate you, brother. More life, more wins and more beautiful moments ahead. And to everyone reading this, Joeboy just released a new song called Pretty Girls. Go check it out. You already know!