My Tattoos Represent What I ‘ve Been Through
I’m very unique, with my style of music
My style of music is unique. I’m still keeping that, against all odds. I have a lot of inspirational and motivational songs I’m working on. So, before the year runs out, I should come out with a lot of songs and materials.
When I wrote the song, I was going through a lot of pressure. A couple of my friends and I were struggling and moving from one place to another. At that point in Nigeria, a lot of people didn’t want to listen to love or slow songs. So, it was just a determination to take over that’s why I wrote the song, Shayo. and I grew up in a Christian way. All I wanted to do was to impact people positively and there is only one way to Heaven which is through Jesus Christ. Somehow, I found myself in the circular world but I am retracing my steps back to Christ. So, if certain people want to judge me by my tattoos, they can and they would only be judging the book by its cover, but I know what’s in me. I know what my purpose is in life and I can’t deviate from what God has called me to do. As I speak to you, I want to touch people’s lives.
Music wasn’t easy for my family to reckon with
My dad is a retired military man and a disciplinarian. He likes you to do what he wants and at some point I had to do what pleases me. At first, he didn’t support me because he felt I have graduated and I should be doing my masters or something else. I didn’t work with my results and I feel more fulfilled doing what I am doing right now. Not until Shayo became a monster hit that my dad decided to support me, and his friends got to know my music and everything started working out.
So much isn’t going well in this country
Everywhere else, music business is growing well and lucrative. I’m impressed things have changed. Back when I released Shayo, we had to go through with the Alaba marketers but now social media is already doing all of that. Now, a lot of cooperate bodies are going into the music business, so we are growing gradually. But, at this level we are now, it’s better than what it was way back.
The only challenge I have as an artiste is defining my direction
It’s either I do Gospel or secular music, but I think I have found my way out of that. Apart from that, I think record labels and investors have been a bit of a challenge too. For example, if I have a big brand or a God-chosen person behind me, I would be the best in the world. I know if I have it I would be, but I know God has his own way of making things work.
In the next five years I see myself taking over the world
I think I should be able to stand on the pulpit and preach to people to come back to Christ. My mission in life is not to fail. The Christ effect on me has been with me since day one, but I have just been stubborn.
You know, it’s like when God wants to use you but you don’t know how you are going to do it. God wants to use me and I am ready for him to use me. But it’s been there even when Shayo was a major hit, and he just gave me that to test me and a lot of people failed me, but he won’t fail me at all.
I am trying to restructure BG records
I’m also looking for whom to partner with to grow BG records. That’s what is on my mind now, before I start thinking of dropping an album or an EP. But before the end of the year a couple of singles must drop.