Nigeria’s Odumodublvck praises Ayra Starr, Tems for their success
Nigerian singer Odumodublvck has commended fellow artists Ayra Starr and Tems for overcoming the challenges they face as female musicians and making a mark in the music industry. In a recent podcast interview with Madam Joyce, the singer reminisced about a moment when he saw Tems on a flight to London and praised both her and Ayra Starr for their success. “There was a time I was coming to London with Tems’ manager. We were on the same flight so I told Tems ‘Big ups, you did it! What you and Ayra Starr have done is bigger than anything Wizkid has done or what Burna Boy has done. Quote me anywhere,” he said.
“What Tems and Ayra Starr have done is bigger than anything Wizkid, Burna, and Fela have done”
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He pointed out a significant issue in the industry, where female artists are frequently solicited for sexual favors by music producers or show promoters. “It is bigger than anything Fela has done because as a female artist out of every 10 show promoters, five want to have sex with you. Out of 10 producers, five want to fuck you and out of 10 artistes you look up to or the people you want to help you, they want to knack you,” the singer explained. He expressed admiration for the female artists for achieving success despite the challenges they encountered.
“I can’t imagine being a babe and being in that situation, do you understand? So imagine after dodging all those things you still made good music,” he stated.
He continued, “The number one hardest job in this world is being a woman, that’s the hardest job ever. Then the second one is being an artist because there are over like 100 million artistes and like 60,000 songs are dropped every day, so why should they listen to yours? There’s no guaranteed payment as an artist, you have to make it for people to pay you. It took me five or six years to get my first good check so imagine now being a babe and being an artist and you make it.” Odumodublvck then broke into applause for the female singers who managed to succeed in the industry.
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