Well-known actress, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde has revealed that she had always wanted to do music before she ventured into acting.
The actress first made her music debut in 2005 following a one-year ban by the Actors Guild Of Nigeria (AGN).
According to a Premium Times report, Jalade-Ekeinde was supposed to release a rock album, but she could not convince her handlers to let her do so.
She said Obi Asika, then Storm Records Boss, told her to consider a more indigenous sound and lyrics to appeal to the Nigerian audience.
“My first album was not 100 per cent a true representation of me because I wanted to do rock. When it comes to music, I am more of a soft rock person. I wasn’t allowed to do that. Shout out to Obi Asika, he was my mentor for my first album. The late OJB was my producer.”
“They thought ‘you can’t come out and do rock’. We are talking about 2005 when people were just starting to like Nigerian music.”