“AWILO WAS NEVER MY RIVAL, WE WERE JUST TWO CONGO BROTHERS DESTINED TO PUT CONGO ON THE MUSICAL WORLD MAP… WE WON!” KOFFI OLOMIDE 

“Many people saw us as rivals because we were in our different worlds doing our thing, we were like these boys from Nigeria Wizkid and Davido dominating the African airwaves at that time. We won kora awards we conquered Africa.

You see Francophone musicians in Africa have been long berated that we took it upon ourselves to change the narrative.

Awilo had the vibe of the club banger while I took charge of the romantic African french man style, we won at the end!

Thank you Africa, Thank you Nigeria for giving us our respect. We hope the new generation of African francophone artists learn from us.