Nigerian high-life singer Chinedu Okoli, known as Flavour N’abania, shared a tough experience from his early music career
He talked about a time when he was asked to stop performing so PSquare could take the stage.
In an interview on the In My Opinion podcast, Flavour said he started as a choir conductor and drummer in church. He explained that his experience with PSquare was very important for his career.
Flavour said: “I remember one day with Psqaure, when they just came out with “Temptation.’ They were promoting a show around and the promoters brought them to the spot at City Centre in Enugu.”
He continued: “With that spot, I already built fans; everybody was there every weekend. No matter what was going on in Enugu, my spot was always packed. So the promoters brought Psquare while I was playing, and immediately Psquare came; the manager just said, ‘Hello, off that thing.'”
Flavour explained: “I switched off, passed the microphone, and went to sit. Then when Paul of Psqaure picked up the microphone and just said, ‘This na temptation’ everywhere scattered.”
This made Flavour realize he needed to create his own unique sound and become more than just a musician.
He added: “So I was like, It’s the same music these people are doing. I’ve been with you, and you never shouted like this. I was so cold; I was just watching. When they left, the manager just told me to carry on.”
Flavour continued: “Then it started occurring to me that these guys, the difference is that they create their sound, go to the studio, and record. That’s how it’s done. So you are just a music man.”
He concluded: “So I decided to change from a music man to an artiste, and that was the difficult part of it because I thought it was going to be easy. I could play, I could sing, but to create your own sound, where are you going to start from? The best way to go about it was to start afresh.”
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