- Flavour N’abania, shared a challenging experience from his early music career.
- He was asked to leave the stage during a performance for the renowned Nigerian music duo, PSquare.
- His encounter with PSquare was a significant turning point in his career.
Flavour N’abania, the Nigerian high-life singer whose real name is Chinedu Okoli, shared a challenging experience from his rise in the music industry.
He mentioned that he was once told to exit the stage while performing for the popular duo PSquare
. In an interview with the In My Opinion podcast released on Sunday, Flavour explained that he started his music career as a choir conductor and drummer in church.
He highlighted that his experience with PSquare was a pivotal point in his career.
He said, “I remember one day with Psqaure, when they just came out with “Temptation.’ They were promoting a show around and the promoters brought them to the spot at City Centre in Enugu.
“With that spot, I already built fans; everybody was there every weekend. No matter what was going on in Enugu, my spot was always packed.
“So the promoters brought Psquare while I was playing, and immediately Psquare came; the manager just said, ‘Hello, off that thing.’
“I switched off, passed the microphone, and went to sit. Then when Paul of Psqaure picked up the microphone and just said, ‘This na temptation’ everywhere scattered.”
According to him, this experience sparked a realisation in him that he needed to create his own unique sound and transition from being a mere musician to an artiste.
Flavour added, “So I was like, It’s the same music these people are doing. I’ve been with you, and you never shouted like this. I was so cold; I was just watching. When they left, the manager just told me to carry on.
“Then it started occurring to me that these guys, the difference is that they create their sound, go to the studio, and record. That’s how it’s done. So you are just a music man.
“So I decided to change from a music man to an artiste, and that was the difficult part of it because I thought it was going to be easy. I could play, I could sing, but to create your own sound, where are you going to start from?
“The best way to go about it was to start afresh.”
