Rapper
Eedris Abdulkareem was a guest on Channels TV's Sunrise programme
yesterday Aug. 16th where he revealed that his forthcoming album titled
G2G or G to G is mostly about asking Nigerians to stop the attack on
Pres. Jonathan and leave him to rule. He believes GEJ has done well for
Nigeria
"Since I was born a Nigerian
growing up, I have always known that propaganda is the issue and they
just share the money up and down. This Lagos-Ibadan expressway has been
there for fifteen years by the former Minister of Works, Baba Tony
Anenih and they didn't do anything .Goodluck is doing that road. That is
the Federal government road, He is working on it. Our airport has been
reformed. Thirdly our agricultural sector, farmers don't get their
fertilizer directly but today they get their fertilizer, fertilizer is
now a big business. So it is important we say all these things because
most people don't know. We all know that the insecurity is propaganda. "
he said. Continue...
Asked if his new crusade for GEJ is because he hopes to get something out of it, Eedris replied;
"I
was was the first person that came out in the rally when Pres. Goodluck
Jonathan increased the fuel price at Ojota. I have never seen Goodluck
before but what I know is going on with that guy is a big propaganda and
they should leave him alone let him work. When I sang jagajaga, did
anybody pay me? If opposition paid me, by now I go don get plenty
billions. So its simple, the facts must be told. When I sang Nigeria
jagajaga, it was 12 years ago and this is 12 years later, so why is
everybody blaming the poor guy? because he is from Niger Delta or
because the presidency has left the north?" he said.
Eedris
also criticized Nigerian artistes who pay international acts to feature
in their songs. He said it's unacceptable and only happens because the
Nigerian music industry is not regulated.
"The
music industry is not regulated, it is an individual effort. People
like Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Mr John Momoh and Kenny Ogungbe
have sacrificed their personal money to take the music industry to this
level. The music industry is not regulated. It is an individual effort.
So it is important that the music industry be regulated so that our
artiste would be paid their royalties, mechanical rights and all that.
Don't forget, everybody that plays their songs don't pay them royalty.
Some of them even go to the stations to pay people to play their music.
International acts want to come because they know that their is money in
Nigeria and we are not doing one thing right, we are not treating our
artistes with respect and love. Why would you bring someone from America
and you would pay the person $1.5m and you pay your own artiste here
N10million and your artiste would be on stage for the next one hour and
the person you brought from America would perform only 10minutes and he
would leave. Why?
Because
their industry is regulated out there and they get their mechanical
rights. For example, do you know some of our artistes travel out there
and they get to pay these international artistes money to feature in
their album? Its not done. Americans don't do that. They come together
and do a duet and they leave the rest for the management to bring in the
money on the table but our own people would take their own money to go
do that. Its crazy! So it is an individual effort. Artiste in Nigeria
are not united" he said
Comments
Post a Comment