Chartbreaker: Inside CKay’s Global Success With a Years-Old Hit

In 2019, a then-rising Nigerian artist CKay sent the sultry, slow-tempo “Love Nwantiti (ah ah ah)” to his label Chocolate City Music. “To be honest… it was overlooked,” he says. “No one took it seriously because it wasn’t a fast song.”
Two years later — and thanks to a viral TikTok challenge, plus five more versions, including an acoustic rendition and sped-up offerings — the song became CKay’s first Hot 100 hit, climbing into th