What Fellow Nigerian Artist Told Me That Got Me So Angry - Mr Eazi

Nigerian singer Mr. Eazi is opening up about what a fellow Nigerian singer said that upset him so much, that he even adopted the name he was called and used it as his album title. Here's what Mr. Eazi said.

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Speaking about what a fellow Nigerian singer said that upset him, Mr. Eazi said:

MR. EAZI: In January I was speaking to an artist. There is a very big artist that is hotter than me – if you go by hit songs on radio and clubs – from Nigeria and I was trying to sign him. And he starts to advise me, saying, ‘Oh, you know, I’ve heard so much about you. You know, it seems like a lot of people don’t like you. They say you’re too calculative, you know, you’ve done this, you’ve done that. Like, you’re some evil genius or something.’ And I spent like an hour discussing with this guy saying, ‘Who told you that shit? Like, show me one person that I’ve stolen money or music rights from?

Go check out my records, you always see every person, even if it’s for a cough in the studio, get their credits.’ You know, I remember telling him that Juls produced Skin tight. He gets 15 percent of the sales on that record. Plus, he has 50 per cent of the publishing. Till today, tell me how many Afrobeats producers have 15 per cent? Just go do a survey. I’ve been fair in my deals. Joeboy, on his last two projects, owns all his masters.

So, I’m out there just trying to convince him that I’m not this bad guy. After some time, that is, after the call, I started to think ‘Why did I get so pissed, and why did I get so riled up by this, when I know the truth?’ As I started to think about it, I realised that that was the central theme of the album of my life. During those two and half years, I was on a journey of trying to control people’s perception of me. It’s like your career is about your public image and people have to like you or think you’re good so that they like your music.

And, soon, you don’t even know who you are again. When the lights and camera goes off, you don’t even recognise yourself and you can’t even be alone with yourself. And if you get so obsessed with that image, you can’t even focus on character; because it’s just that image. And so I decided to embrace that word, Evil Genius.

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