NIGERIAN ace rapper, Panshak Zamani, popularly known as Ice Prince, has encouraged musicians to not shy away from seeking the service of songwriters.
In an Instagram live chat with music journalist, Motolani Alake, Ice Prince said contrary to the famous opinion among fans, there is nothing wrong with using songwriters as a musician.
While maintaining that songwriting is an art, the rapper exemplified his point, saying he is a musician and a songwriter who also put down lyrics for other artistes to perform.
His words; “Songwriting is an art on its own, I’m a songwriter who also writes for other people. No man is an island, you need ideas from other people. Recently, I’ve been with Blaq Jerzee in the studio and he has like a camp of writers, he is a writer himself.
“It’s just awesome. It’s good to have songwriters around, I highly recommend that.”
As eelive.ng earlier reported, there has always been a silent disdain for songwriters in the Nigerian music industry.
Observers of the Nigerian music industry hold the opinion that performing artistes do not like to be associated with songwriters. This, as many claimed, is because many of these artistes think it may detract them from the success of their efforts, as Nigerians see such artistes who employ the services of songwriters as untalented and lazy.
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