Nigerian soulful singer, Olawale Ashimi a.k.a Brymo has called himself Nigeria’s artiste of the decade.
The ‘Ara’ singer set social media ablaze on Friday when he declared via a tweet that he was Nigeria’s artiste of the decade.
He stated that Ice Prince’s 2010 hit song ‘Oleku’ which featured him was the biggest Afrobeat song ever.
“I’m Nigeria’s Artiste of The Decade. Oleku was the right to express deeply, and the biggest Afrobeats song ever..an honor it was my voice. S/o @Iceprincezamani. Ara is bigger than any other song in Nigeria since its release and I curated ‘the alternative,” he said.
In an interview Brymo maintained that the music industry is a front for corruption, asking that: “How come A-list Nigerian artists perform poorly live and still get paid millions?”
I’m Nigeria’s Artiste of The Decade .Oleku was the right to express deeply, and the biggest Afrobeats song ever..an honor it was my voice ..S/o @Iceprincezamani … Ara is bigger than any other song in Nigeria since its release… and I curated ‘the alternative’
— Ọláwálé Ọlọ́fọọ̀rọ̀ (@BrymOlawale) December 27, 2019
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The singer answers his own question, saying: “It is because we have become tools for some kind of racketeering because I can easily push money from my company and hire a musician to perform and pay him a nice amount and do other things.
“It is about other things. If it’s about the performances, Nigerian artists should not be getting paid for performances because it’s mediocre performances.”