Veteran Nigerian singer, Friday Igwe, popularly known as Baba Fryo has addressed the alleged beef between him and Daddy Fresh.
Before now the Ghetto singer from Ajegunle, had been accused of throwing shades at his colleague in the song, Notice Me.
Ajegunle became prominent in the early ’90s for its propensity for churning out great music stars like Fryo, Daddy Fresh and Daddy Showkey who ruled the country’s airwaves for years.
Reacting to the claims that he shaded Fresh in Notice Me, Fryo explained in a chat with The Nation that the song wasn’t directed at anybody.
“When I sang that song so many people attacked me including Charley Boy. I never really referred to anyone,” he said.
“There was something I said at the beginning of the song that, I want throw stone, anybody the stone meet naim know. Obviously, the stone met some people and they started to attack me including my manager at the time whose personal life they gleefully talked about. What is my business with that? Anybody that the stone met responded and if you did, that means you are the one I am talking to.”
When quizzed on why Ajegunle has stopped producing music stars, Baba Fryo said that most AJ musicians are ungrateful.
“The love that used to bind us is no longer there. It is love that can bring peace, progress. There is no longer love, trust. We have many artistes with dubious characters. I don’t know whether it is hunger or something else. Even if I am hungry, I will still do what I have to do,” he explained.
“If somebody brings a show for me, I will do it the way it supposed to be. Look at the youths coming up now. They are the worse. Even those before them are not better off. If we cannot embrace and promote our music, how can people outside accept it?”
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On why Ajegunle has not produced any female act in recent times, he said: “I don’t know of now. Because of the covid-19 a lot has gone down. In those days, we had talented female artistes like Viper, Princess N, Lady G, OK Rankin, Erosion etc. These days, I have not seen strong talented female artiste from Ajegunle except Lady Jairo that is trying to come up.”
