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  • TNG Special: From glory to obscurity, cases of Nigerian struggling musicians

    TNG Special: From glory to obscurity, cases of Nigerian struggling musicians

     

     

    Though the Nigerian music industry continues to play a significant role in the African music space, there are tales of talented artistes who once reigned supreme struggling to stage a come back

     

    Olu Maintain

    Olumide Edwards Adegbulu, aka Olu Maintain once serenaded the Nigerian music industry with hit songs like Yahooze and Nawti.

    However years after, the former member of the defunct pop group, ‘Maintain’ has found it hard to bounce back into reckoning. The last song posted on his YouTube Vevo account was in 2018 with over 18,000 views.

     

    AY.com

    Little or nothing was known about the singer, Ayoola Johnson, fondly referred to as Ay.com till 2009, when he released the hit song, ‘Pass Me Your Love,’ which featured Terry G. Fast forward to 2020, the artiste is yet to release another hit song.

    In an interview, he noted that he was distracted after he got married.

    “I got married after my first album; I was a bit distracted. I was a young man when I got married; I got married at the age of 25. My wife and I attended the same secondary school, we were both young people who were in love and we had the opportunity to get married. I have produced more songs after that, but the industry is messed up now. I’m not desperate about music. I am doing music for the passion”.

     

    Klever Jay

    “Koni Koni love” is a phrase used when one lover manipulates the other in a relationship.

    Klever Jay banked on the popularity on this phrase to push himself into reckoning with the song “Koni Koni Love”. It instantly became a street anthem. He followed up with “Igboro ti daru”, produced by Ksolo. Fast forward to 2020, Klever Jay has however not been able to replicate that success.

    The last song posted on his YouTube channel was ‘Owo’ ft Koker released in 2016.

     

    Kel

    When Kelechi Ohia a.k.a Kel burst into the music scene over 12 years ago, she was touted as the next big. Armed with an undeniable talent, sex appeal and delivery, Kel had the perfect recipe for success. However, after the release of her ‘Wa waa alright’ single , Kel lost her momentum.

    The busty rapper recently released a new single titled ‘ Credit Alert’. We hope it shoots her back into reckoning.

     

     

    Chidinma

    Since leaving her former record company, Capital Hill Records, Nigerian singer, Chidinma Ekile, has been struggling to stay relevant in the music industry.

    After she won Project Fame West Africa in 2010, music pundits predicted that she was going to be the next big thing. Though Ekile has achieved what her age-mates will only dream of, she is yet to release any hit song in years.

  • Eldee fires Olu Maintain says:”You are Shameless for performing my song”

    Veteran Nigerian rapper, Eldee has angrily called out his colleague, Olu Maintain accusing him of going out to perform his songs ‘like he created them’.

    To buttress his point, Eldee shared a recent video of Olu Maintain performing their 2008 collaboration ‘Big Boy’ featuring Banky W and Olu Maintain

     

    Though Eldee has deleted the post on Instagram, but it has been generating a myriad of reactions on social media.

    Eldee wrote:”This shameless nigga goes out on stages performing my songs like he created it. I still remember how he tried to steal the record right after I put him on it, forcing me to put it out prematurely. Nigga ran off with the unmastered draft and went to print CDs with himself as the lead artist, even his verse was written by me. Lesson to all young artists, don’t ever do pity features”.

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    Reacting to Eldee’s outburst, Ice Prince noted that as long as Olu Maintain was featured in the song, he has a right to perform it.

    TheNewsGuru recalls that the same issue played between AY.com and Terry G in 2009 when AY.com accused Terry G of performing his song ‘Pass me your love’ without his consent.

    AY.com had featured Terry G on the song which he also produced .

    In a chat with Punch, AY.com said he has since resolved his rift with Terry G.

    ““Me and Terry G is an old issue and I don’t really like to talk about it anymore. We are cool with each other now. We are colleagues and as regards working with him again, nobody can predict the future.”

     

     

     

  • ‘Yahooze’ is not about internet fraud- Olu Maintain

    ‘Yahooze’ is not about internet fraud- Olu Maintain

    Eleven years ago, Olu Maintain released the hit song ‘Yahooze’ and it became an instant success as a result of not just it’s melody, but also the groove.

    Music enthusiasts noted that the melodious song glorified cyber -crime.

    Olu has debunked claims that the song glorified cyber crime, adding that the song’s video passed the message across clearly.

    “When you create a body of art, people can misinterpret it the way they see fit. I mean, Yahooze is 11 years old and if you watch the video of the song, it was centred around an upcoming artiste that got a million dollar record deal. That was the message I presented with the song. Does the music video in any way represent Internet fraud? The answer is no.

    “I cannot be responsible for how people interpret a work of art. It is like a painting, a man would value a painting for millions of dollars but to the other man, it does not make sense. Art should be subjected to everyone’s interpretation. My interpretation of that form of art was made very obvious,” he said.

    “Yahooze came out in an era when there was no social media. Today, people’s patience to digest any material is very short; 11 years ago, it was not like that. If you had a hit song, it could last for about two years but these days you are competing with so many bodies of work and it would take something special for you to have the same kind of buzz that a song like Yahooze had, he revealed in a chat with Punch.

     

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