{"id":691576,"date":"2019-08-26T05:29:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T05:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"22\">Fuji musician, Abass Akande, popularly called Obesere, has charged Hip Hop artistes to infuse Nigerian culture especially indigenous language in their music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" da"},"modified":"2019-08-26T05:29:30","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T05:29:30","slug":"nigeria-infuse-nigerian-culture-in-your-music-obesere-tells-hip-hop-musicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/26\/nigeria-infuse-nigerian-culture-in-your-music-obesere-tells-hip-hop-musicians\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria: Infuse Nigerian Culture in Your Music, Obesere Tells Hip-Hop Musicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"22\">Fuji musician, Abass Akande, popularly called Obesere, has charged Hip Hop artistes to infuse Nigerian culture especially indigenous language in their music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"23\">The 54-year-old musician said this during an interview with PREMIUM TIMES at the launch of the Nigeria Cultural Festival in Lagos on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"37\">&#8220;When we talk of entertainment, Nigeria is number one in Africa. However, the Hip Hop artistes need to appreciate our culture better and find a way to infuse it in our Hip Hop music,&#8221; the singer said.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.outer-ad-container.responsive-aans-view-a-container--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"27\">The singer, who was unveiled as one of the brand ambassadors of the initiative, also lamented the infiltration of foreign languages and culture in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"64\">&#8220;Talking about musicians and culture, one thing I know is that we Fuji artistes project culture more. Fuji is traditional music, the music of culture and this is why every Fuji album must contain a track which admonishes our youth to embrace culture and values. But in hip-hop, there is nothing like that. The kind of songs I sing is based on our culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"20\">The singer also spoke of his intention to collaborate with the younger generation of Nigerian musicians in his music projects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"48\">&#8220;I collaborated with Olamide in 2016 on my track &#8216;Ebelesua&#8217; and I plan to work with Wizkid and other popular younger musicians soon. I think it will be a great way to infuse our culture into our music better and also appeal to different classes of music audience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"26\">Asked to speak about his rift with his colleague, Wasiu Ayinde, popularly known as KWAM 1, over the immediate past Lagos governor, Akinwummi Ambode, he declined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"28\">He said, &#8220;I&#8217;m a very much a gentleman. There is nothing like grudges or having any issue with anybody. I don&#8217;t even know what you are talking about.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"23\">Obesere shot into the limelight through his &#8220;vulgar&#8221; songs, which openly touch on issues that are considered taboo in the conservative Yoruba community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"29\">Following the paths of other successful Fuji musicians such as the late Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, Obesere also has taken his own brand of Fuji music all over the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"14\">He has produced over 50 successful albums in his music career spanning 38 years.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.story-footer-link--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fuji musician, Abass Akande, popularly called Obesere, has charged Hip Hop artistes to infuse Nigerian culture especially indigenous language in their music. 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