Marlian Music acts, Zinoleesky and Mohbad have attributed the power of Social Media as one of the contributing factors to their thriving music careers.
Mohbad and Zinoleesky are currently signed to Marlian Music which is owned by Naira Marley and is currently part of the young fast rising acts in the Nigerian music Industry.
However, before their signing to Marlian Music, two acts were popular on social media thanks to their freestyling.
In an interview with Media Personality, Adesope, the two stated that the recognition they got on social media played a huge role in their music careers.
According to them, after a video of them freestyling on a beat went viral, they began to gain popularity as the video went viral on both Instagram and Whatsapp.
Zinoleesky stated that he could remember that on Whatsapp everyone was posting the freestyle video on their status.
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In Mohbad’s words;
“Based on the views and interactions I have been seeing, that’s was what made me do more that I have been doing. The first thing I did was a freestyle, I think he was at the challenge, Zinoleesky, the same challenge. After the challenge, boom…”
Zinoleesky backing his statement and speaking on how Whatsapp played a big factor, said;
“Then, If you could remember vividly when we were making those freestyle, immediately we post it on our IG, people are posting on the WhatsApp, a lot”
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