Grace Omachoko
Veteran Nigerian singer, Innocent Ujah Idibia, popularly known as 2baba, has aired his sentiment concerning appreciation form young artistes.
The singer, in the recent episode of Afrobeats podcast, hosted by Adesope Olajide, aka Shopsydoo stated that he isn’t particular about young artistes recognizing his legendary status.
However, he enjoys and appreciate when people show him respect in recognition of his reputation as a legend in the industry, nevertheless doing so is not mandatory.
In his words, “Nobody owes me anything. For me, it [my legendary status] is there. It’s never going to go away. It doesn’t reduce who I’m if young artistes don’t recognize my legendary status.
“The only thing is, definitely, I appreciate it when people recognize my status as a legend. There’s nobody that won’t appreciate that. I appreciate when people recognize but I don’t take it too personal when they don’t. That one na the person ignorance.
“Nobody owes person anything because everybody that comes, they are going to tell their own stories. They are not going to start telling my own story. Every artist that comes up now, even if they get inspiration from me or anybody, they are going to use it to elevate themselves. And that is their own stories,” he said.
