The crazy thing about “Rapid Fire” is that Genio didn’t make the beat for me; it was for Tomi Thomas. I just came
inside, heard the beat, and was like, “Guy!…” The thing about these sorts of songs is that they’re really easy for me to
make. I’ve probably made like nine of those types of songs, but this one was sweet to make… there was something about
it. I just did one verse and the hook and was just playing it. I didn’t necessarily have much plans for the song, I just
knew the song was made. My friend, Tomi Agape, was on the song, but we cut her part short and then Phi (manager at the
time) was like, “Let’s put Shane, this rapper from South Africa and this girl from Ghana, her name is Amaarae.” I was
like, “Yeah, I know her, cool.” When it all came together, it was like, “Oh shit.” Shane’s verse was even cut short
because he rapped on the whole thing. Amaa killed the song, too. The thing with “Rapid Fire” is that it was made with a
purity that was intentional. The way the songs were made, the way we shot the video, the way we called all the guys, the
way we all stayed there till the video was done–it was a pure era. People were just watching us live our lives, but we
didn’t even know. We’d just record music and go about. It was just me, Ashley (Okoli), Odunsi (The Engine), and
everybody. That’s how “Rapid Fire” came about. With the video, I’m very inspired by crime and Nollywood, so that’s where
