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single Oleku blew, it was like a dream come
true, because we never saw that happening,
we never saw it blowing up. We just thought
we made an ok song between me, Jesse and
Brymo, you know? But, the song went as far as
it did, it was a blessing, I did not see it coming
(laughs), I remember in my early stages I was
learning how to be a star, I was like okay, now
wey I don get big song, wetin people wey get
big songs dey do? Dem dey smile? Dem dey
take pictures? Dem dey wear glasses? I had to
learn some of these things, but along the line
I realized it is just best to be yourself and I am
being myself right now”
Waxing philosophical in his unbiased
assessment of the Nigerian Music Industry, its
potentials and viability, production quality and
international acceptability, this 27 year old
club banger, who also doubles as a business
oriented Estate developer and manager
proclaimed in a trancelike, inspired prophetic
stance; “Much love to the Nigerian music
industry, we are big right now, we are major
right now, we are international, the world
is starting to look at us, the United Kingdom
is starting to pay attention to us, the United
States is paying attention to our music. It is just
a matter of time before we actually get there,
which will bring full recognition and respect.
It is all respect and all love to all the people
that paved the way from day one, I remember
from Plantation Boys to Style Plus, the people
that have been grinding this for years, they
opened doors for a lot of us, and some of us
are still here now opening more doors for
the ones that will come behind . Yeah, we are
getting there. Very soon you will see Nigerians
and Africans winning Grammy Awards easily.
You will see us performing on the big stages.
It might take time, but it is not impossible, it is
not far-fetched, it will happen. I guarantee you
that, and that’s what’s up!”
“It was also at this period
of their collective musical
wilderness that MI took him
under his wings, inculcating
into the young eager student
all the tenets of rap and hip
hop as he (MI) knew it”
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“I do not speak the best
English, I have a big head
that is shapeless which
make girls not like me, I
have a pot belly and I am
from Jos”
In the course of this exclusive interview which
held simultaneously with a model heads up
photo-shoot that is currently evolving as a
hallmark of HF Magazine at the hippy stateof the -art Moussa Moussa studios in Lagos,
Ice quipped; “If you run into me and call me
Henry, I will know that you know me very well.
Henry is my English name, I don’t like it but it is
there on my passport. I do not like it as a name
but when I was in secondary school that was
all they used to call me Henry, Henry, Henry.”
Continuing in the same vein, this recently
crowned Best African Act at the just concluded
prestigious BET Awards 2013 held in the
United States of America, threw the HF team
a little off guard when he introduced his self
deprecating side into the discuss.
Asked about his advice to aspiring Heads
in the game, his answer came in a coated
juxtaposition of his nonchalant description of
his physical attributes and present standing,
in his own words; “I tell them to always look
at me as an example, just take my life as an
example. I do not speak the best English, I
have a big head that is sha peless which make
girls not like me, I have a pot belly and I am
from Jos, Jos is not known for entertainment.
What people know about Jos is war, bombings
and all that. And I am able to get to this level
of success with all these imperfections. So if I
can, nobody has anything to tell me, you do
not have an excuse. All I am saying is that I am
the opposite of a star; I do not have a 6 pack.
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