Timaya Says Artists Should Stop Calling Themselves “Legend”

Timaya has slammed artists who refer to themselves as legends in the music industry after only being there less than 10 years.

Egberi Papa told Sound City FM during a radio interview that only 2baba can call himself a legend in the Nigerian music industry.

Timaya said many other Nigerian artists should not call themselves a legend.

“In this part of the world, many artistes when they get to 10 years, they start shouting ‘I’m a legend’, ‘legendary’,” Timaya said in the interview.

“To me, in this industry, the only person that can call himself a legend is 2face. The others shouldn’t. Even if people call me a legend, I don’t like to be seen like that.”

Timaya however said he was often uncomfortable whenever he was called a legend.

He also said he is one of the best commercial artists in the country presently.

“People don’t understand that making a hit song doesn’t mean you are a star. Stars always shine, some people can make a hit song and you will never hear of them again. There’s no year I’ve never dropped a hit song.”

“I don’t want to be number one. I just want to be a musician. A lot of people have come and gone but I’m still here.”