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Pheelz dishes on what it was like to collab with Usher while chatting with THR at the MTV Video Music Awards. Plus, he describes this era of music he is putting out.

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00:00How are you feeling tonight? You're nominated tonight, Best Afrobeats with Usher.
00:05Yeah, it feels good to be here, no pun intended.
00:08It's a beautiful thing for the culture, it's a beautiful thing for the world,
00:11and I'm just grateful for everything.
00:14How would you describe this era of music that you're putting out there in the world right now?
00:18Healing. That's how I would describe it. I feel like Afrobeats is here to heal the world,
00:22and to connect the world some more, and to just put positive energy back into everybody's lives.
00:28So we're here to stay for sure.
00:29Collaborating with someone like Usher, what's it like being in the studio with him and collaborating with him?
00:34Man, Usher, that's my big bro, that's a legend.
00:37He's one of the biggest names in music, period.
00:39And it's such an honor to be able to produce and write and just create magic with him and just work.
00:44It's a dream come true for sure.
00:46Is there another nominee, fellow nominee tonight that you would love to collaborate with in the future?
00:51I'd love to make music with Ira Starr, actually.
00:55And Thames as well.
00:57Well, this is 40 years of the VMAs.
01:00Is there a most iconic performance that you remember?
01:03Or, because the theme is videos, right? Music videos.
01:06Is there a favorite music video, the first one that you were kind of really wowed by?
01:11My first, it would be Jesus Walks by Kanye West.
01:15That video's crazy, yeah.
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