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Renowned rapper Tobechukwu Ejiofor, popularly known as Illbliss, has reflected on a past experience with a Lagos-based radio presenter during his early years in the music scene.
The artist, known for his hit track ‘Aiye Po Gan’, revealed that the presenter once told him he had little chance of making it in Lagos’s music industry due to his choice to rap predominantly in the Igbo language.
Speaking in a recent episode of the Real Shareholders podcast, Illbliss said, “When I came to Lagos, I made a record titled ‘Igbo Boy.’ Then, a radio presenter called me and said, ‘What are you trying to do? You can’t make it here. You’ve come here with an agenda. Omo-Igbo.’ Then he broke off into fluid Yoruba. At that point, I was already hearing Yoruba. He was like, ‘When you can’t beat them, you join them. The music is good, but it won’t go far.’
“The song wasn’t even offensive. It was about how Igbo people like to have a good time. Just looking at that guy, it made me feel terrible. And it made me feel that we can disguise all we want about being one nation, but the tribal divisions are incredible to handle.”
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