Legendary producer, ID Cabasa, despite taking time off to pursue his pastoral call is back on the entertainment scene. He recently released a chart-topping single – “Totori” – on which he featured Wizkid and Olamide, announcing that he might have left for a bit but is still king in his right.
In a recent interview with The Nation Newspaper, he talks about the state of the entertainment industry today as opposed to what it was, how wise the artistes of today have gotten about investment and the state of his friend, Lord of Ajasa’s health.
On the new generation of artistes and their financial literacy, Cabasa shared; “I think most of these young acts are wiser now. A lot of them are involving investment bankers to help them in making business decisions and also open artistes mind to many business opportunities. Already, they have seen the mistake of the previous generation, so they are learning and investing. However, my advice to those who yet to start investing is, the crown does not endure for long, no champion is forever. You need to understand that, if money is not put into a profitable business, it will soon finish. In as much, which you invest in your music career, you also need other streams of income too.”
Speaking on the future of Nigeria music, the producer said; “Our so-called veteran artistes need to start understanding that for you to claim that you are a great musician, you should have imparted so well on the rising stars. But rather than this, a lot of these old musicians were still competing with the young artistes and they often claimed that the young ones lacked respect. If these young acts’ music carried lewd lyrics, it shows that the old generation of artistes have failed to teaching them because they are the ones who are supposed to mentor the upcoming ones but, no, they rather are competing with them. And that is why these guys don’t respect veterans because they see them as their fellow competitors.”
Commenting on long-time collaborator and friend, Lord Ajasa’s health condition and the social media scene, he said; “I intentionally did not respond to many reports that friends neglected Ajasa on his sickbed because I discovered that when you keep responding to people on the internet, it is as if you are fueling the fire. Lord of Ajasa is on sickbed and people started saying he was neglected by friends while some said he mismanaged the money he had made during his active days.
Social media is a funny court which you don’t want to take your case to. Everybody just wants to come online and comment what they feel and what you think or feel is not always the truth. Ajasa did not put up a post to solicit for fund from anybody but someone who is closer to him did which I later called the person to end the campaign.”
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