Obasanjo@cent_haysmall
If you Dey wonder wetin really happen between him and portable
Read this 👇
Back then around 2017 for Sango-Ota, na that time DJ Chicken first land Lagos from Ilu-Oke. Life no really soft for am then. The guy dey hustle as car wash boy for Abule-Egba, just trying survive like every normal street boy wey come Lagos come find better life. That time no be this Spotify and Apple Music era wey everybody dey stream music with one click. Na music blogs and small-small websites people dey use download songs, transfer am with Bluetooth and memory card everywhere.
For Sango and all those Ogun trenches then, Portable already dey hot. If you dey outside for that side and you no hear Portable song from one speaker somewhere, then maybe light never come. Him be one raw street talent — agbero vibe, tout mentality, but heavy music gift. Chicken and Portable come dey close because both of them na street boys. One dey wash car and dey learn DJ work, the other dey hustle park life while pushing music.
As Chicken wan enter DJ association for Lagos, people dey mock am badly because of him village accent and the way he dey talk. Them go dey laugh am like, “Niwo ọmọ oko fẹ wa ṣe DJ Lekki?” Everybody just dey see am as one local boy wey no fit survive Lagos entertainment scene.
Na so Chicken carry himself go meet Portable. Portable no even reason am somehow because them already dey move together. Portable come help am record one jingle. From there, DJ Chicken Kukuruku series start. Before anybody know wetin dey happen, the mix don blow for streets across Ogun and Lagos trenches. Any party wey you enter then, once DJ Chicken voice sound, Portable name must follow am. The two names just dey move together naturally.
But fame and money dey change plenty things. As Chicken begin blow, carnival bookings and street shows start entering left and right. Organizers no dey separate the brand again. If dem book Chicken, automatically dem go ask for Portable too. Na there wahala quietly start. Instead make Chicken carry original Portable go shows, sometimes he go collect the money, carry another person go perform Portable songs because most people no even sabi Portable face.
And truth be told, Portable himself no really get structure then. No manager, no Instagram page, no phone sometimes, no branding. Na pure street survival. Him just dey record songs, give DJs and local bloggers make dem help push am. So many people only knew the voice, not the real person behind am.
Chicken continue that style for a while until one club owner for Lekki around 2019 specifically want book Portable directly. Luckily, one person wey know another person wey sabi Portable personally connect am straight. Na so Portable carry himself enter Lekki for probably one of the biggest stages he don ever see then. Guy happy die. Rich people setting, fine club, soft life — everything just new to am.
But immediately he show face, people begin confuse. Dem dey whisper say, “Wait… this no be the Portable wey dey usually come perform here.” Na there Portable body cold. Na there the full truth land. He realize say all this while, another person dey represent am for shows while his own songs dey play.
At that point, Chicken already don get fame, money and connections pass Portable. Portable no really fit do much then because street power no always equal money power. Him just keep everything for mind.
Later, when Portable himself finally blow nationally and start making real money too, the hidden anger come outside. Na why when that viral video come out of Portable telling boys make dem mob Chicken, many people just quickly paint Portable as the bad guy without knowing say their issue don long from deep street betrayal and hustle politics.
Truth be say both of them na real street characters in their own different ways. Portable no be saint, but Chicken sef no innocent for the matter. Na two stubborn street boys wey hustle, fame and survival turn against each other.