Musician Solid Star, took to
Instagram to rant about the state of
things in the Nigerian Music
industry saying a lot of artistes are
jealous of each other and don’t
support real talent.
Read what he wrote below:-
Donald Trump won the US election
against all odds, and we were all
blinded by the lies, propaganda and
hype of the media. The media even
blinded themselves bringing out polls
and predictions that The probability
of Trump winning against Hillary
with all his scandals was 30:70. But
at the end he won and shamed
everybody
This is the same issues we have in our
entertainment industry in Africa, the
media have succeeded in blinding the
fans from what is real, pure and good,
from what real talent and good music
is about. They hype their family and
friends and ignore the ones that don’t
text them good morning everyday and
form fake friendship with them.
I am not about the life of faking or
acting a friend in your face and do
otherwise behind your back that is
why I have little or no friends in the
industry cos even the artists are
jealous of each other and they don’t
support real talents because they
don’t want to be exposed.
This is not directed to anybody or
media house. It is a general issue that
we all have to look into. Imagine an
AWARD ceremony that calls itself
credible, giving one artist an award
and even made him make a video
which was broadcasted on the screen
at the award thanking them and later
withdrawing the award to give to
someone else. This shows the
irregularities, partiality and
mediocrity in the whole system.
An award organizers recently released
a list and even though I was
nominated I wasn’t satisfied because
the main category that would have
meant a bit to me was missing on my
nomination which is best raggae/
dance hall. I can only pick one song
out of the whole bunch that did a bit
better than Wait refix ft Patoranking
and Tiwa Savage for their year in
view. No disrespect to any artist
nominated or the organizers but
somethings are just so wrong.
A lot of talented artists have been
ignored for so long that they even
start doubting themselves. Even the
Grammys which is also not 100
percent credible have their flaws but
try as much as possible to recognize
real talent
These African Award organizers bring
together some bunch of unqualified
music critics and whatnot to set up
the nomination list and that’s where
the problem starts from and it leads to
artists fighting on social media over a
category. My management sometimes
force me to solicit for votes for
awards am nominated for because it
doesn’t impress me at all and I DONT
like awards.
Most of these guys you have awarded
ahead of me, met me in the industry
and today they are no where to be
found. I’ve been regular and
consistent since the day I dropped my
first single One In A Million ft 2face
Idibia and I have never gone a year
without dropping a popping
meaningful song. At the end of the
day the award plaques are just
meaningless and useless cos them go
burn or rust one day.
And the whole ceremony and
intentions of the organizers is to make
money without regard to the artists
that put in their best to their craft.
I have never been the type to speak
out about issues like this. Just thought
I should just free my mind small.
My name is SOLIDSTAR and I have
survived many years without your
hype, even though you think my fan
base is small, my fans are die hard
and real and they will defend my
music every day and everywhere
which means the World to me. I have
an album out on all platforms and
the street featuring the best names
and real talented artists with a few
missing.
#WEED available everywhere. Smoke
on it, drink on it, sleep on it if you
like but please support by buying it.
God bless you. #SHABA
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