During an interview with PUNCH, the indigenous rap artiste, Olusegun Osaniyi popularly known as Lord of Ajasa, who was quite popular
in the early/mid 2000s, says he deserves an award for pioneering
indigenous rap music in Nigeria.Read what he said below....
"I pioneered indigenous rap music and today it has become lucrative and
fashionable. Yet, these young musicians shy away from that fact. They
try to hide it. If I don’t blow my trumpet, nobody will do it. But I
deserve an award, recognition and endorsement because a lot of people
look up to me as their mentor. Look at Eedris Abdulkareem and 9ice, for
instance. I’m saying they should take care of the pioneers, but what
impact have these new artistes really made in the society to deserve all
the endorsements they are getting? I mean, they sing nonsense songs
while we (pioneers) do evergreen and clean music. Yet they keep
discouraging us. 2face is an exception I am okay with his brand of
music, because his endorsements are well-deserved.” continue...
Lord of Ajasa, who shot to stardom in 2005 with his single Otiya,
blamed his down slide in the music industry to some decisions he took
"I left the music scene after I got married in 2009 to delve into other
businesses. I started this movement long before these small boys emerged
on the scene and I paved the way for many of them. When I began, I
didn’t know anything about music and entertainment. I was simply making
music for the love of it, while 9ice and Olamide were following my
footsteps. Whenever I made a mistake, they learned from it and got
better. I was just a naïve village boy who came down to Lagos from Ondo
State with no guidance. I never knew the big names in Nigerian
entertainment at the time,” he says.
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Lord Of Ajasa - "I deserve an award for pioneering indigenious rap music in Nigeria"
Description : During an interview with PUNCH, the indigenous rap artiste, Olusegun Osaniyi popularly known as Lord of Ajasa, who was quite popular in ...
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