Well-known Nigerian singer Inetimi Alfred Odom, better known as Timaya has revealed why he loves and enjoys contentious street-pop artist, Habeeb Okikiola often known as Portable.
The legendary singer revealed in his most recent interview on Channels Television that Portable makes him think of his past "because he's crazy like me."
Timaya recalled how he first heard Portable's music and noted the parallels between the two.
He said, “That’s why I like Portable, when he came out newly, I told 2face Idibia about him on our way to Delta State. I said, have you heard that guy Portable? Zazu Zeh. That guy is just like me because I was a crazy guy.
These Gen Z’s don’t know about my early career. So, sometimes when I talk, some people would be like Timaya is unproblematic, he minds his business. I just look at them like, if only they knew me. It’s now that I have calmed, I was really really crazy then. I was hot like fire but I think there’s growth. At the time it was a strategy for me.”
“I was a crazy guy…”
— @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) October 22, 2024
Timaya feels Portable reminds him of his younger self. pic.twitter.com/e3NmuFpODD
