He mentioned this during a press conference with Flytime Music on Wednesday, the same night he was due to headline the music festival.

He said during the conference that he had no idea he had such a large following in Lagos.

“The first time I visited Lagos, Nigeria, I was pleasantly delighted. “I had no idea I had such an incredible fan following here,” he remarked.

The Miss Independent singer then spoke about afrobeat, a Nigerian type of music, and his desire to learn more about it.

He said, “For me to sit with producers and go and be like, ‘Let’s do some afrobeat today’, I’ll feel like an imposter.

“If I want to get into it, I want to be invited by an artist who’s already there. Let me feature on an artist who’s already there or I get an artist who’s already there to feature on something of mine, so that’s authentic.

“I’ll love to collaborate with some African artists. Wizkid is on the list, Tems is on the list, Burna Boy is on the list, and Ckay is on the list.

“I’m just waiting on a phone call basically. I don’t have anybody’s number for me to call. I’m waiting for them to call me.”