Entertainment
Producer Wants Musicians To Improve On Lyrics
A Port Harcourt-based music producer and marketer, Chief Okeke Nnaji has called on new generation musicians to improve on their songs by writing good lyrics with meaningful message instead of singing gibberish and praise singing to get money from politicians and wealthy individuals in the society some of whom he said made their money by dubious means.
The seasoned producer and Chairman Land and Sea International Agencies limited who stated this in an interview with The Tide Entertainment, urged the young musicians to emulate the older ones who sang Evergreen songs that were meaningful, philosophical and educative and made them the toast of the Nigerian music industry.
He said they should go back to the drawing board, check what the doyens of the Nigerian musicians of yester years did in order to improve on their career and meet up with the required standards. According to him, most of the music today corrupt the mind and the society at large while some of their music Videos promote immorality to the highest level.
Chief Nnaji, who is also the Obodo-Kordike of Enugu State, enjoined the young new generation singers not to emulate everything that is happening in the Western World because Nigeria has cultural and way of life. He therefore, called on the censors board and other regulating bodies to ban such immoral music videos while the Radio and Television stations should desist from airing meaningless songs as a way of sanitising the industry.
He also noted that piracy is another endemic problem confronting the music industry as some unscrupulous persons pirate the works of others, thereby reaping where they did not sow, while the original owners are impoverished. He stressed that this unfortunate situation is a major bane of the musicians and must be checkmated to save the industry from total collapse.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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