- Timaya, a singer known for his work in Nigerian music, has expressed concerns about the lack of goodwill among his colleagues.
- He believes that this has always been the case.
Nigerian Singer Inetimi Alfred Odom, widely recognized as Timaya, has asserted that the Nigerian music industry lacks goodwill among its members.
He stated that this has been a longstanding issue.
Timaya elaborated that fellow artists are not friends and should not be perceived as such.
Speaking in an interview with Channels TV, Timaya said, “Your colleagues are not your friends na. The only person who wants to see you better than them is your father o, your parents.
“I’m not looking for anything from anybody. If Adidas can collaborate with Gucci, then what are you talking about? Collaboration, I said it a long time ago, ‘collabo follow for promo.’ But there are some artists you will collaborate with right now and they’ll end up not showing up for the video shoot. You even have to pay a fee before you can feature some of them. And those things are killing the music and creativity.
“Times have changed, you can’t blame them. Old ways cannot open new doors. There’s a lot going on. There are also tendencies to be vindictive towards colleagues that did you wrong. So already there’s a strain there. There has never been love in the music industry, na normal thing. It’s just like in an office, there’s competition na. It’s a normal.”
In other news, Reality television personality Tacha Akide has responded to online criticism following her fall at Lagos Fashion Week.
During a runway show for a well-known hair brand on Saturday, she experienced a misstep.
She posted a video of the incident on her Instagram and Twitter accounts, humorously captioning it, “She fell and ate.”
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