On election day for governors in 29 States and State Houses of Assembly seats on Saturday March 9, 2019, my family and I were having a late breakfast at about noon and Trace Naija,the popular music channel on DSTV, was on and featuring songs by top Nigerian artistes.
Popularity and celebrity status varies among the music stars. Fame, which usually comes with a price, may come too early for some of our rising and well established stars, and when there is no consistency in their respective musical repertoire or when the successes achieved are not properly managed, it could spell trouble and declining fortunes may set in.
The twin brothers, P-Square – when they were still together – dominated the music scene for so many years with lyrics so beautiful and voices so melodious you began to wonder where their gift and special talent came from.
Talking about TuFace, I recall working with him about 20 years ago when he belonged to the group called ‘Plantashun Boiz’ – reminiscent of Boyz2Men, the American R&B vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, back in the day -- together with Black Face and Faze – three of them were the rave at the time. Edi Lawani, one of Africa’s foremost music promoters and event producers, was their manager.
The music recording industry which had been largely dominated by the foreign business interests began to divest as the Nigerian economy contracted. The gap created gave rise to nimble but efficient independent recording labels. It turned out to be the perfect time; an extra-ordinary explosion in the music industry was in the offing.
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