I have watched with patient annoyance, I have listen with patient
distress, to the sights and sounds of our dear actress turn singer Tonto
Dikeh. Like many others, I chose not to talk about her but I was forced
to know how wrong I was for keeping silent by the words of Alibaba and
OJB, two eminent personalities that means a lot to the entertainment
industry.
Alibaba once tweeted “Playing a song of an artiste that you know is not good enough is no encouragement you are spoiling the market”, I don’t know what he had in mind. In an online interview with OJB by the crew of Information Nigeria, he said
Foremost, I must say I admire Tonto Dikeh’s confidence and
doggedness, but to what avail is it when used in a wrong way. A cutlass
is a good tool in the hand of a farmer, without which we cannot get food
to it, but that same cutlass can kill! Despite her confidence there
should be substance. Is music so hard to learn that she cannot even get
average in a year?
Tonto Dikeh has a well publicised relationship with one of Africa’s
best music producers, DON JAZZY. She once took to twitter to say she was
deflowered by DON JAZZY and he replied saying“Me wey I still be V”. I
don’t care about what they had together, my point is this, she enjoys a
very good relationship with Don Jazzy, making it easy for her to have
approached DON Jazzy if she truly wanted to make some good music. My
opinion is this, it is either Don Jazzy already told her she cannot sing
or she personally knows she can’t and decides not to talk about it to
Don Jazzy.
Many upcoming artistes out there have seen their career rescinded due
to annoying words from, DJs, Media personnel and the likes and yet they
make music that are 10 times better than that of Tonto Dikeh. The only
difference is that she was a star before she started singing making it
is obvious that all we worship in the entertainment industry is money
and fame not True talent and ability.
If a lady with the world at her feet and the cream of the industry at
her beck and call, comes up with a song as poor as “HI” (Auto tune on a
false tone (falsetto), how woeful?) and we accepted it, While there are
several up and coming acts out there that can make music has good as
that of Wizkid (I have met a lot that are better) still roaming the
streets.
This makes me wonder if Nigerian music has a body in place to monitor
the type of music produced and released to the market. I am not against
Tonto Dikeh singing, I am against her singing NONSENSE! If she can learn to sing well I’d be the first to clap for her once it is good music.
Several individuals in several capacities have built Nigerian
Entertainment Industry (especially the music sector) to this point of
international recognition. Should we watch with folded arms as someone
crumbles it recklessly? Is it true that we only work for money not
passion in this industry? Will the labour of our heroes (and heroines)
past go in vain. We have to stand up and support good music! True talent
and a not just desire to be popular, a lust for fame! Let us remember
that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, Tonto Dikeh
has to be stopped for the sake of the talented youths out there!
Source: by Nigeriafilms
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