Singer 9ice has described how President Muhammadu Buhari gives him hope of still winning the Grammy Awards. President Buhari gives me hope I can still win Grammy, 9ice.
9ice, who some years back claimed he has his eyes set on winning Grammy Awards revealed that he is yet to back down on the dream as Buhari and several others have given him the inspiration to continue in line with his dream.
The singer, born Akande Abolore, renewed his commitment to winning the Grammy awards, further noting that he has no beef or fighting with Olamide.
In an interview with Punch, the ‘Alakpomeji’ crooner, on his plans to bring home the Grmamy as stated in his Street Credibility track, said:
“I am still working on bringing the Grammy to Nigeria.
“Abraham Lincoln tried several times before he became the president of the US while Buhari tried about four times before he became president.
“As long as I am still doing music, I can still get the Grammy.”
Cool stuff 9ice, I believe you die.
Recall that tongues started wagging when he absented himself from one of Olamide’s music concerts last year.
Whistle blowers had it that his relationship with former label mate, Olamide and producer, ID Cabasa, had gone sour.
He has cleared the air, saying he was out of the country.
Una don hear? Those fans that seem like they are always looking out for beefs between or among artists. Lol…I’m just saying.
On his relationship with Olamide and ID Cabasa, 9ice said:
“There is no issue between myself” Olamide and Reminisce.
“The reason I was not at one of Olamide’s concerts was because I was not in the country and that was the same reason I missed Reminisce album listening party.
“During the last Sallah, I was at Reminisce’ house and that was where I ate Sallah meat. It is just that our schedules are tighter now.
“I was on Olamide’s first album and he was on my last album. I have so many songs with Olamide that are yet to be released.
President Buhari gives me hope I can still win Grammy, 9ice
“I also feature in about four songs with Reminisce that have not yet been released. I am on his recent album.
“The only album Reminisce has pushed out and I was not there was ‘Baba Afusat’ and that is because I travelled out of the country. I have been on all his albums. It is just that I have a busy schedule now.
“Imagine if we want to have a Code Tunes concert as big as all its artistes are now; don’t you think it will be a big budget that would require lots of time to take Olamide out of his terrain, it has to be worth it for him to come and participate.
“Those are some of the factors. It is not as if someone is fighting or angry with anybody. There is nothing like that.”
He also added that he never knew his hit song, ‘Gongo Aso’ would be that successful.
9ice said, “Although people believe that ‘Gongo Aso’ is my best album, to me, my album, ‘Tradition,’ still remains my best album in terms of content and lyrics.
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“What you believe would sell might not sell but it does not mean that it is not good.
“I never knew ‘Gongo Aso’ would be a successful album. In fact, that was not even the title of the album.
“The initial title of the album was ‘My dictionary, your diary’; but when the song became very popular, ID Cabassa suggested that we make the song the title of the album.
“The song, ‘Gongo Aso’ was not supposed to be part of the album. I had finished recording the album when the song came to me and Cabassa said we should destroy all the promo copies we had made and promote the song.
“We promoted it and the song went viral. It was never planned.”
