Amidst the buzz online on how wizkid claim he doesn’t listen to Nigerian rap that’s it boring and dead
Nigerian fast rising artist Asake has declared that his music should be classified as fuji kind of music, his sound is influenced by the Fuji genre.
Asake who spoke about the uniqueness of his music in an interview with NATIVE magazine, said he’s a fuji artist but makes his sound “presentable to everybody”.
IN HIS WORDS
“Omo, me I be Fuji artist o. I use actual music the same way Fuji artists do their thing. I’m just making my own more presentable to everybody. That’s where I’m from, I no be from rich family, but me I love the foreign life so my own (music) has to be modern.
“My sound is my sound. That makes it my sound, because you can’t understand it. The moment I understand it, that means it’s not my sound, so I have to keep dipping into my sound.”
He said
When Asake was asked about how he is coping with fame, he “stress they sha”
IN HIS WORDS
I won’t lie it’s been very stressful. But it’s nice now, and it’s what I’ve been praying for. I’m just finding my way around it and I dey try live my life. I think it has to be stressful, that’s the fun of it, so you know you’re working. Sometimes sha, you gats do like say you tire, make them no talk say you be machine.”
