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Some People Dey Quarrel With Me – 2face Idibia

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Music royalty, 2face Idibia, in a new interview with Ono Bello, opened up about his music, industry feud and more. Read excerpts below: On why he chose to lead a simple life and steer clear of feuds, 2face said: “ Some people dey quarrel with me but me I nor know say dem dey quarrel with me sef,”  said the singer who switches between pidgin and English in this interview, adding, “ I said it in one of my songs: life is so simple: you are on your on path, I am on mine. On if he writes his songs: “I write most of my songs. I welcome contributions from people – if I feel it. But most of my songs, I write them myself.” On addressing political issues in his songs:  “I am interested in politics because it affects my everyday life. I am interested [because] I want to see progress. I want to see things happening. I want to see things moving the way they are supposed to move. I [also] want to be able to talk about everything – talk about craze, quarrel, love, politics.”

Davido Helped Me Find My Sound – Tekno Reveals

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Tekno , has landed an international  feature in  Billilboard  Magazine. The magazine published an article which talked his rise to fame, getting the attention of Columbia Records among many other things. Billboard not only profiled the multi-talented singer, they also made it known he is set to break into the American market. On the successful ‘Pana’ track, Billboard said: “Pana,” has gone on to entrap other listeners the same way it conquered its creator, accumulating 30 million streams between YouTube and Spotify. Veterans like Trey Songz and Ludacris have posted clips of themselves listening to the song on Instagram, and “Pana” also caught the attention of Imran Majid, senior vice president of A&R at Columbia, who signed the track and re-released it in December. “ Tekno, on his own end gave credits to DMW boss Davido, saying the latter launched him to the spotlight by collaborating on his song ‘Holiday’ which was released in 2013. He said: “That was the song tha