Nigerian skit maker Brain Jotter has finally met with Mike ‘Gentleman’ Ejeagha, the revered highlife singer whose song ‘Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche’ has recently gone viral.
Ejeagha’s song gained widespread popularity earlier this month after Brain Jotter adopted it as the soundtrack for his hilarious dance moves, which have captivated audiences across social media platforms. The dance involves participants facing opposite directions, walking towards each other, performing a funny leg dance at a meeting point, and then one person chasing the other while the chorus “Gwo Gwo Gwo Ngwo” plays in the background.
The dance craze has taken TikTok by storm, with over 20,000 recreations and numerous celebrities joining the challenge.
On Sunday, Brain Jotter expressed his desire to meet the highlife legend and announced his intention to gift him N2 million. The skit maker fulfilled his wish, sharing a photo with Ejeagha on Instagram and expressing his joy.
“So happy I did this. Story coming soon,” Brain Jotter captioned the post.
Mike Ejeagha, regarded as one of the pioneers of the highlife genre in Nigeria, has been instrumental in the evolution of Igbo language music for over six decades.
