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God has been good. So, I always say if I can do it,
anybody can do it.”
For this exceptional youth whose creative
ingenuity is not in doubt, stardom, he says can
never get into his head as he remains steadfastly
the grateful boy he has always been.
He opined without mincing words that; “Recently
I became a very reserved person and I am always
in my shell, let me put it that way. I am always at
home in the studio. I have a studio in my house.
I am always there, if I am in Lagos. When I come
out to make appearances or for photo-shoots like
this one or I go to perform somewhere, those are
the only times I leave my house. So, I think that
is how I am able to manage my success because
staying that way, keeps me away from a lot of
unpleasant stuff that is out there. I don’t miss the
regular things that guys miss because on a normal
day, I am not that kind of a person. I was never
the type to go to movies or clubs. I no dey do am
before I blow sef, I do not miss none of those.
There is nothing I cannot do, if I want to buy akara
today, I will go out and buy akara. There is nothing
I cannot do really.”
Moving forward, Panshak whose beau Bimbo
blessed with a bouncing baby boy named Jamal
Zamani over a year now, affirmed that marriage
is not in his plans presently. Also, he threw some
light into his upcoming project thus; “I am working
on Fire on Zamani, my second album right now.
It is a piece of art that I am excited about right
now. I keep calling it a piece of art because I have
spent a lot of time and energy on this album. I
have some big names on this album, I have some
surprises on the album, I have some styles of
music which I am going to be doing and people are
going to be like woooo, you know what I mean?
And some producers that I am working with that I
have never worked with before are going to be on
this album as well. And apart from that, I have my
Zamani Foundation that is going to kick off soon.
Immediately after the album, that is going to get
serious, it looks out for orphans, people that are
like me in the society. I am not trying to build up
something big and pour all the money into it, but I
feel like the little that I have, I can pay somebody’s
school fees, buy somebody’s text books and we
would see how it goes. The day I became an
orphan was when I thought and said to myself, I
have to look out for people like me. When I lost
my mom, my eyes opened in a different direction
and I started seeing things differently.”
“The day I became an orphan was
when I thought and said to myself, I
have to look out for people like me”
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HF Magazine Edition 1, Volume 1.
Ice Prince Zamani definitely has a story to
tell. A story which touches the main cord of
indefatigable tenacity and sincerity of purpose,
a story of a true role model and inspiration for
today’s African youth.
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