Beautiful Onyinye

"Beautiful Onyinye" was originally released on 29 July 2011 as the first track off P-Square's fifth studio album The Invasion. They revealed how the song was made in an interview with the YouTube channel Okay Nigeria TV. The duo said they were in a studio with Akon when Rick Ross stopped by. Rick Ross expressed his admiration for the song's feel while he was playing the original song. The two were then advised by Akon to work with Rick Ross. Both of them concurred, telling Jude Engees Okoye, their manager. The agreement was signed following a conversation with Rick Ross' manager.^[6]

The music video for "Beautiful Onyinye" was released on 12 June 2012, to coincide with the audio's release. It was directed by both Ben Marc and Jude Engees Okoye.^[7] Akon and May D make cameos in the video.^[3][8][9] An unauthorized copy of the video surfaced on the Internet prior to its official release, and was later removed following copyright claims from iROKO Partners.^[10][3] In the aforementioned interview with Okay Nigeria TV, P-Square explained that in order to preserve their African identity, they shot parts of the video with Rick Ross in Miami and the remaining portions in South Africa.^[6] The video was nominated for Best Afro Pop and Video of the Year at the 2012 Nigeria Music Video Awards (NMVA).^[11]

On August 26, 2012, P-Square performed "Beautiful Onyinye" at the Love AfroBeats Festival, a concert they headlined. The duo also performed the song to a sold out crowd at the Hammersmith Apollo.^[12]