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 that came from.
