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 whcih 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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