Veteran juju music maestro, Shina Peters has bemoaned the fact that younger artistes don’t acknowledge him when they use his songs.
The ‘Afrojuju’ exponent made this known in a chat with Tribune.
According to him: “It’s mixed feelings. I want them to do the right thing, which is to acknowledge where the music originally comes from. But I see all of them as my children who might not know the implication of what they are doing, so I’ll not take them to court. But when I see them, I advise them on what to do, so they won’t fall into the trap of others who won’t take it lightly with them. But seeing younger artiste play or take out of my music tells me that I did the right thing for younger artistes to find my music relevant years after”.
On his relationship with DJ Cuppy, Peters said he has been a friend of her dad, Femi Otedoa for years, adding that he would do anything to assist her growth.
“DJ Cuppy is my daughter. As you know, Cuppy’s father, [Femi] Otedola is my very good friend. We’ve been friends for over 30 years. So, anything to push his daughter who is a musician, I’ll naturally do. Aside that, she is very talented, hard working, and is always willing to learn. Also, I have in the pipeline an intention to do an album with as many as 10 or 15 hip-hop artistes. In that album, I intend to do a track with each of the artistes. To me, music is not about generation, it’s about what would make people at home who listen to us happy. I look forward to doing a lot of hits with many of the younger generation of artistes”.