Joeboy left fans in stitches after sharing a now-viral recording of his mother teasing him about marriage, despite his chart-topping success.
Nigerian singer Joseph Akinwale Akinfenwa, also known as Joeboy, has sparked reactions on social media after revealing a WhatsApp message from his mother.The hitmaker posted a screen recording of a voice note he received from his mum on his official X page on Tuesday, September 30. In an earlier post, just minutes before unveiling the chat, he had teased: “Can’t believe what I woke up to this morning”.
He then quoted his post with a screen recording of the exchange, accompanied by a dramatic caption that read: “Help! I’m in danger,” followed by a crying emoji.
In the audio clip, his mother showed pride and playfully stressed urgency.
She said:“All this your music, blowing up everywhere, enjoyment. Let me tell you, you have blown – no doubt about that. But when will now blow into marriage? Your mates are doing wedding everywhere. What are you doing? I have told all my friends my son will get married soon.”
As expected, fans quickly flooded Joeboy’s mentions with crying-laughing emojis, sharing their own similar experiences with parental pressure.On X, one user wrote, “When will you blow into marriage??” So Nigerian moms disturb their sons too?”
Another wrote: “You’re the one putter her in danger. Bring her a wife joh”
One other commented: “Jesus when would you blow into marriage took me lines Dey cry”
Some fans also encouraged him to enact his mum’s recording into a song, with one user suggesting: “This is a good intro to a wedding vibe music oh, music video will be a wedding, funny skit makers as the guests.”
Another user echoed the same sentiment with: “This must be an intro for one of your songs, please you have to use it, please.”One other fan wrote: “When would you now blow into marriage, bro?”
Another joked: “Well she has a point, I saw you were 41yr Old somewhere, do better do it now.”
Since sharing the clip, Joeboy has changed his handle’s name on X to “Bachelor” in response to the teasing from fans.
