Don Jazzy’s Mother Death Inspired My Hit Song

Popular Nigerian singer, John Ighodaro,  with the stage name Johnny Drille, has disclosed the inspiration behind his hit song ‘How Are You My Friend’.

The singer stated that the death of the mother of his record label boss, Don Jazzy, inspired the song.

Johnny Drille revealed this during a recent interview with Hip TV.

He stated that he co-wrote ‘How Are You My Friend’ with Don Jazzy, adding that the song was the idea of the Mavin boss.

Speaking further, Johnny Drille opined that people connected with the song easily because the economy is not so great and there are so many individuals going through a lot.

He said, “For ‘How Are You My Friend’, the inspiration behind it was, Don Jazzy has just lost his mum like a couple of weeks prior.

“I guess, maybe this [the song] was his own way of talking about it because a lot of people were reaching out to him that he has not heard from like years. So, it just kind of hit him that, ‘Omo, I actually have these many friends that I have not spoken with for so long.’

“I also think that we are also in pretty tough times. The economy is crazy. A lot of people having it hard. A lot of people going through things in their lives that sometimes they don’t feel comfortable sharing them. And I guess, maybe that is why people have been able to connect with the song.”