Daddy Showkey in an interview with Leadership Newspaper has said
there is no love in the music industry and musicians only pretend to
love one and another, but when tragedy struck, one will see their true
colour. He cited himself has an example, and how artistes shunned
Kefee’s burial ceremony which took place in Sapele.
You were at Kefee’s burial, what are your thoughts?
Nothing much other than I was disappointed that artistes did not come
to show love to their own. It is not a good thing. The lady died and it
is sad for her family. Musicians ought to have showed up and rallied
round her people, to show that they care. It was only
the gospel
musicians that showed up, meaning there is no love in this industry.
Nobody cares about you if you drop dead tomorrow. I told you I was away
for 3 years because of my spinal cord injury. Nobody came to visit me
during that time. No one from my generation of singers came to identify
with me and that is bad for a man who has given much to the industry.
This makes me think that we don’t care aboutourselves in this industry.
As the Yoruba people say, Oju aaye ni a nse o meaning, na eye service we
dey do to oursefu!
Are you saying you don’t have friends in the music industry?
I don’t have a friend oh. This life wetin my eyes don see, no be
small thing oh! That experience is enough to make you cut-off, because
when they see me with money they associate with Showkey; but when
Showkey had a challenge, an accident- no one could call or say we feel
your pain. So me, I no get friend. My friends are those in Ajegunle that
we can say the truth to ourselves. It is only Pasuma that I can call my
friend- he comes to my house anytime and we chat about things.
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