“CKay The First”, his breakout EP from August 2019, was where things really started to take off. Across eight tracks, you get Afrobeat rhythms, melodic guitar, and flashes of electro-pop.
The big one here is “love nwantiti (ah ah ah),” which quietly went viral and turned into a worldwide hit thanks to TikTok and streaming.
The EP mixes themes of love, longing, and a kind of youthful playfulness, and the guest list, DJ Lambo, Boj, Blaqbonez, and Barry Jhay, keeps things interesting. The buzz around this project launched CKay into the international scene and stamped his emo-Afrobeats sound as his own.
