Maryjane is a 2024 single from Terry G featuring Wizkid, released April 26, 2024 as part of The Essentials (Special Edition) on TGP Entertainment. The track runs 3 minutes 18 seconds and explores themes of love and obsession — a woman named Mary Jane who has a man completely captivated. The combination of Terry G's street pop energy with Wizkid's smoother vocal approach creates an interesting contrast that works in the song's favour.
What makes Maryjane genuinely interesting to write about is its backstory. The song was not new when it came out. Terry G recorded it in 2016 — Wizkid came to his studio in Lagos and they laid the track down together. For eight years it sat unreleased. When Terry G finally put it out in April 2024 without seeking clearance from Wizkid's team first, Wizkid's lawyers issued a takedown notice. Terry G complied, directing his management to pull it. In an interview with the Afrobeats Podcast, Terry G was candid: "In my era, we don't clear songs. We do collaborations based on love." He also called Wizkid "the Jay Z of your generation" and said their time recording together was one of the greatest moments of his career.
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Olamide ft. Wizkid – Kai!The song may have had a controversial release but the music itself is solid. Terry G was one of Nigeria's biggest street pop acts in the late 2000s and early 2010s — hearing him alongside a 2016-era Wizkid is a genuine time capsule of where Nigerian music was heading at that moment. Rating: 7.5/10.
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