In 2021, Dapper set up a session with me & Tempoe. It was a camp for an artist called Savage. We made a couple of records that included “Rosemary,”
“Soweto,” and some other songs that never saw the light. At the time, I loved “Rosemary” more and Tempoe used to tell me that “Soweto” is crazy, but
I couldn’t see it. At the end of the day, we gave Savage “Rosemary,” and Tempoe was going to take “Soweto.” It was supposed to be Tempoe featuring
Victony, but people on my team just loved the record and they told me that the song was crazy. I spoke to Tempoe at the time, and he was like, “Yo,
that’s my song, I can’t give it to you.” This was post-“Holy Father,” and I wanted that to be my follow-up single, and he told me he can’t give me
the record. So, we fought, and we just stopped talking for a while. When I was putting the Outlaw EP together, I was telling my friend, AV, about
the plans, and AV goes, “What about that ‘Soweto’ record? That has to make your EP.” I was like, “Yeah, the song is dope, but I don’t think Tempoe
and I can ever agree.” We hadn’t spoken in months but AV was like, “Put your pride to the side and ask him for it again because you’re both sitting
on money.” To be honest, at the time, I didn’t really think of the advice as a big deal but I just did it because AV is someone I trust, he’s a very
good friend of mine, and if he tells me something, I’ll listen. That same night, I reached out to Tempoe and was like, “How are you doing?”
Surprisingly, he responded in good spirits and we were able to make it come to life and I even discussed my EP with him. That’s how the song
eventually became released.
