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Charly Boy Explains Why He Sleeps In Coffin
Nigerian eccentric and controversial entertainer, Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, recently revealed why he sometimes sleeps in a casket. Reacting to fans criticisms he wrote:-
“Point of correction, I do not sleep in a casket, I sleep on my bed, it’s big and comfy. I only lay in my ‘Casket’ when I do my mediation because it helps me to be focused, it tells me more about the imminence of death, my casket is a reminder. It wakes me up from slumber, it tells me guy, you have got little or no time left wake up, be creative and work”.
He said, “of course when I read some of the comments of my people, I know a good number of us are ill informed about quite a number of things. I think, it is more of what the casket represents that shocks my people and they start reading meanings into it, depending on their level of understanding. But one question is, what if the casket was used to make a sofa chair? Maybe all the hullabaloo about me sitting on a chair wouldn’t have been there in the first place, so when people vocalize their disapproval of my message via the image of a casket, I understand that, they do that from a position of fear, fear of what the casket represents-Death”.
“So whatever people fear, they antagonize, But the fact that I have reminded myself and even you about death does not really change a thing. It won’t draw your death near and it won’t even shift it away. All it does is simply a reminder, to tread carefully”, he said.
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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