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Afrobeats sensation Ayra Starr has clarified her decision to collaborate with Asake and Seyi Vibez, asserting that she was unaware of any rivalry between the two superstars.

According to the songstress, she decided to work with the superstars because she loves their sonic prowess.

“I didn’t put Asake and Seyi Vibez on my album because of their rivalry. I didn’t know about the rivalry between Asake and Seyi Vibez. I just love both of them as artists” Ayra explained.

“They were very quick with it. Asake, too, he sent me his verse in three days.”

Ayra Starr provided the insights, while featuring in an interview session on The Beat FM Lagos. She was asked whether her decision to work with both singers on her sophomore album, ‘The Year I Turned 21,’ was intentional because of their rivalry and the singer answered on the contrary.

Asake and Seyi Vibez have not had any public spat, but there has always been a chill between their fans on social media.

Ayra Starr, the popular Nigerian singer, has made a new claim.

The superstar singer claimed she knew she was going to be a superstar at a tender age but confusion set in as to how that would happen.

She made this known during an interview with a renowned streaming platform, Spotify where she revealed how she knew from a tender age about becoming famous.

According to Ayra Starr, her mother stalled her music career until she graduated at 18, making it her first time in a studio.

The Grammy nominee further highlighted the phases of her life after she bagged fame following the breakthrough of her first album.

She said: “The year I turned 10, I knew I was going to be a superstar but I didn’t know how. The year I turned 16, I just wanted sing in my room; 18 was when I entered the studio for the first time, and I had just graduated from the university. I remember my mom said that the only time you can do music is when you can do music.

“I released my first album in 19, ’19 and Dangerous’ and it took the world by storm. At 20, I released Rush and it was my biggest song. The year I turned 21, I got nominated for Grammy; that was the beginning of living my life as the global African superstar.”

Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, the popular, Grammy-nominated Nigerian singer and songwriter, who is better known as Ayra Starr, has opened up about her struggle with writer’s block and how it affected her.

The ‘Rush’ crooner said she couldn’t write songs for about six months until she received the demo of her song ’21’ off her new album, ‘The Year I Turned 21,’ from a friend as a birthday present which opened her mind.

“I had told him that it has been so hard… I was having a writer’s block for six months. I couldn’t write about myself then he gave me the first version of the song in a demo as my birthday gift. Recording ’21’ was quite easy for me, I did it in one-take. I was even lying down with the mic in my hand.

“’21’ is special because it is what opened my mind to the rest of the album. With ’21’ I started to see myself again the way I wanted to see myself.”

Famous singer, Ayra Starr expresses her excitement following the completion of a borehole installation at Orimolade Ifako Community.

As part of her “E dey rush” campaign which kicked off last year, Ayra Starr is excited to see the community getting their borehole installation after lacking water for over 20 years.

Since everyone deserves access to clean, safe water, the campaign’s goal was to supply communities with it.

She expressed her gratitude to Hope Spring Water and Mavin Records, her collaborators, for helping to make it a success.

In her words: “Started ‘E Dey Rush’ campaign last year to provide clean and safe water to communities. I’m so happy to see the Orimolade Ifako Community getting their borehole installation. I’m grateful for the partnership of @hopespringwater & @mavinrecords to make this happen. Everyone deserves good water. 💧”

Read netizens comments below:

IdigohCM stated: “You have done well. Kudos. But please on behalf of Twitter community make your skirt longer a bit🙏”

greatness wrote: “You don’t even have a car. You’re busy making boreholes.”

Sabi Pixel said: “The haters ain’t gonna catch up on this one but they gonna be quick to open their mouths to say rubbish. We love you Ayra”

Lonswhite penned: “Thanks so much dear for given back to the community , am so happy there is someone like you in the industry , you go continue to day rush my dear”

In a recent interview, Nigerian artist Ayra Starr revealed that she was accepted to a university at the age of 14.

She added that although she aspired to be a teenage pop sensation, her mother insisted that she complete her education before pursuing her music career, so she earned her first degree early.

In a recent interview, she revealed this to American media behemoth Billboard News.

“I got into the university at 14,” Starr recalled. I feel like ever since I was a kid, my mother has been blackmailing me with music. “You have to do this if you want to do music,” she said. I initially said no when she proposed that we move from the Benin Republic to Lagos, but she persuaded me that Lagos is the land of music.

She stressed that I must complete my education before I may pursue a career in music. Many Nigerians typically complete their secondary education at the age of fifteen or sixteen. I realized that I would never be able to pursue a career as a teenage pop star if I waited until I was 15 [before finishing my secondary school]. I also aspired to be a teenage pop sensation. So, I wrote JAMB, or what you guys called SAT here, and I joined my older brother.

“To be honest, I didn’t get into all these Ivy League colleges with this result, but it was good enough to get by. It satisfied my mother’s needs. I was accepted to a reputable university. I took the course for three years. International Relations was the subject. And right away I also began performing music covers online the year after I graduated, and I was signed to the Mavin Records label in the same year.