Osaniyi popularly known as Lord of Ajasa, who was quite popular in the
early/mid 2000s, says he deserves an award for pioneering indigenous
rap music in Nigeria. He said the new generation of indigenous artists
sing 'nonsense' and still get endorsement, while they have been
forgotten. Below is what he said...
"I pioneered indigenous rap music and today it has become lucrative
and fashionable. Yet, these young musicians shy away from that fact.
They try to hide it. If I don't blow my trumpet, nobody will do it.
But I deserve an award, recognition and endorsement because a lot of
people look up to me as their mentor. Look at Eedris Abdulkareem and
9ice, for instance. I'm saying they should take care of the pioneers,
but what impact have these new artistes really made in the society to
deserve all the endorsements they are getting? I mean, they sing
nonsense songs while we (pioneers) do evergreen and clean music. Yet
they keep discouraging us.
2face is an exception I am okay with his brand of music, because his
endorsements are well-deserved."
Lord of Ajasa, who shot to stardom in 2005 with his single Otiya,
blamed his down slide in the music industry to some decisions he took
"I left the music scene after I got married in 2009 to delve into
other businesses. I started this movement long before these small boys
emerged on the scene and I paved the way for many of them. When I
began, I didn't know anything about music and entertainment. I was
simply making music for the love of it, while 9ice and Olamide were
following my footsteps. Whenever I made a mistake, they learned from
it and got better. I was just a naïve village boy who came down to
Lagos from Ondo State with no guidance. I never knew the big names in
Nigerian entertainment at the time," he says.
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