Popular Nigerian music
artist SolidStar, is one of the best breed artists who has overcome many
storms and is still very relevant in the music industry with good blend
of highlife, hip-hop and afro-pop tune. SolidStar hails from the Isoko
minority ethnic group in Delta State, Nigeria specifically his village
is Aviara in Isoko South local government area of the state. He was born
and bred in Ajegunle, but presently resides in Festac Town, Lagos.Born Joshua Iniyezo, SolidStar in an interview with NAIJ.COM he opened up on his new single Wait, his choice of Davido, his upcoming album, relationship and resemblance with Flavour and much more. Read excerpts of the interview below: What have been the reception people since the release of your song ‘Wait’ featuring Davido? The song is doing pretty well as the reviews and comments that I have received is quite commendable and encouraging because it’s not good on the artiste side when you put out a song and people don’t like it or there are no good talks about it, it automatically kills your morals, the song is everywhere and there are plans for a remix of the song because of the success recorded on the original version.
Is it a personal
experience as the video tells where a lady asked you to wait in terms of
relationship?
No, it’s just an ideal that I just came up with as a concept for the
song, because it’s just like when I wanted to record the song, I decided
on the type of tempo I want to use and how I want it to sound at the
end of the day. In all fairness, I actually worked on the lyrics to
connect with the way the video will be put out.
Why the choice of Davido on the song when we have other talented acts?
I actually did that because i know and foresee that Davido was a very
good match for the song, although I have other artistes that can
ordinarily blend on the song with the likes of Flavour, phyno and others
because of the lyrical content of the song but I chose Davido because
he is a versatile artiste and people ordinarily won’t expect a Davido to
jump on that kind of beat, so I just wanted him to do something
different and he did; and as well at the end of the day, both the audio
and video came out well.
Who are the artistes you
are currently working with on remix of wait?
Although it’s 80% done but I really don’t want to reveal the name of the
artistes now till maybe a week to the due release date. It’s definitely
going to be a male and a female artiste.
You have a striking resemblance with Flavour, have people told you that?
Yes, a lot of people say so but I think it’s because of the hairstyle.
About a times your music
sound the same, is it deliberate or coincidence?
I will just coincidence, I can always agree to the fact that we have
same hairstyle but musically, I disagree because he has his own way of
music and vibes so also do I have mine too. Although I love to represent
people from the eastern part of the country because am a lover a good
quality highlife music considering my background that I was born and
brought up in the church.
Talking about starting from the church, what role did you play while
growing up there?
Like I said earlier, I was born and brought-up in church, I was one of
the lead drummers in church as well as good vocalist. I love highlife
music and I think I was able to groom myself all from the church and
that I will say have really help the artistic part of me.
So where will you classify your genre of music?
I do highlife blend and afro pop.
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As a church boy, are there times when we get to see SolidStar do a
gospel song?
Definitely, I cannot forget real quick where I am coming from, I am
working on full gospel song which will be included in my album billed to
release before the end of the year; trust me there we like two to four
gospel songs on the album because I have not done such before?
When was the last time you drummed?
I still drum perfectly even though it’s been long, the last time I
drummed was during my rehearsal at my own hosted industry night,
although I could not use it on the day of the show because they could
not provide one on the that day. In the cause of the rehearsal, a lot
people were amazed since it was the first time they saw me doing that.
You are one of the few musically inclined artistes that we have in the
country, what are you doing to have the mileage that you deserve?
I think the problem lies in the management but we are really working on
that so that I have my works all around, it’s so sad that my music don’t
cut across the necessary places it ought to have been; which is on the
part of the management. As I speak to you all hands are on deck and we
are really strategizing. Now we have a good distribution team that is
doing a good job while we are still in search for a competent manager
who can bring new ideas on board.
Last year, you went on twitter rant with DJ Neptune, what really
happened?
DJ Neptune and I are good friends but what happened that night was that
during the HipTV nomination party I, Oritsefemi and one other artiste
were the headliner for the show. I was the second artiste to perform as
Oritsefemi was expected to round-up the show. I was performing because
normally, I love to do acapella for my fans to respond before I do the
main song, I had performed two of my songs already and was gearing up to
perform the key song My Body, so I did the acapella and was expecting
the DJ to play the song, he was just scratching the music which
indirectly means I should leave the stage, I felt totally embarrassed
and left the stage in anger; I tried getting back to him but his lines
were not available; though it was bad, I couldn’t hold so I had go
twitter to pour my mind out.
Is that before the show,
you guys had problems?
No, we have never had one before, so I was surprised why he did that to
me, trust me the crowd was excited when I was performing. Although I did
not say much in the rant, all I said was ‘Though I respect you a lot
but if you don’t respect me; next time you do this again, you would not
find it funny’ and it went viral.
After the hitch between you two, what is your current relationship like?
Since last year, I have done and attended different shows that he is one
of the performing DJs and we are cool now because for me all that
happened last year; we are in a new year now.
So after ‘Wait’, what should your fans be expecting from you?
(Smiles) They should watch out for the remix of my song and then a song
with Flavour and Phyno follows.
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