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My name is taiwo akinola I am from ondo State, but was born in Lagos. I’m the last born in the family of six children: 5 boys and 1 girl. I was just two or three years old when we moved to ondo and I had already become an adult when we lived in ondo. I had my secondary school education in ondo and from there I got Starting raping Professionally, I started singing seven years . Before then, I have been doing shows back days in secondary school due to the flair I had for it. When I left secondary school, I realized that music has been my lifestyle. Then, I discovered the talent and made it a serious business. I got motivated from a track done by usher. It was what I hear in this track that made me realize my talent, and the decision to delve into the world of music unfolded. Doing music is as a result of the passion I have for it as it is what I love doing. In the first place, I was not doing it because I wanted money but because I love doing it. Source of inspiration As many people would say their inspiration comes from God, I would say my own inspiration comes from my environment. The challenge is from God and wisdom to be able to harness the talent. I get inspiration for Music from what happens in my environment My style I have a mild style of Dagrin which is keeping me on top of the game. The style is about making rhythm and I just make it funny. I employ this style because it keeps me in the minds of the people. When I sing something and it comes to pass, the next thing that comes to people’s mind is that Dagrin don sing am o! That way, I’m always fresh in the minds of the people. Contact with ondo culture When I was in secondary school, I had ondo indigenes as school mates. I had a close friend from Ondo and many other ondo indigenes were always around me, and more or less I lived around them. This was how I knew much about Ondo culture. Qualities of a good musician First of all, you have to be original. The talent has to be inborn not just that you wake up one day and say you want to become a musician without having flair for music. If you want to complement it, you have to be able to create your own ideas and materials, and be different from others. Music back then Musician like Dagrin, olamide, D banj, and p square were already existing but we were small artist in the industry then. It is only that the industry is now professionally inclined and more corporate. Between young and old musicians The market is open for everybody. Just like we had a lot of banks back then but at a time many faded away because they could not cope with the industry regulations. When the time comes, we will know the original from counterfeits. The ugly development in the industry now is that people steal sing. About 80 per cent of musicians are not original. But now, anybody can come and do whatever he has to do. It is a free world. Challenges My major challenge is being original and relevant in the industry. I neither want to be number one nor want to be the last in the game. My challenge thus is mainly to be able to manage my stardom. I want to be more original and gather more momentum in the game. Between local and foreign musicians We are very far behind. We have not even started here in Nigeria. Even though, we are far behind we are still the largest exporter of Music. Nigerian population is higher in any Music show, and not only in music but also comedy and movies. Role models When it comes to role models, I look outside Nigeria. My focus right now has created new role models for me like olamide, Wizkid, and D banj. These are the guys that I don’t want to be like but like to share stage with. I envy them not in a bad way and I wish I accomplish a lot of things they had accomplished.

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