Barely few years after she ventured into the
Nigerian music terrain, this scintillating singer is
gradually moving up. The Delta state born,
rapper, Eva Alordiah, a.k.a, Eva, in this
revealing interview, talks about her love for
dogs and rats; her challenges as a female rapper
and other personal issues.
My name is Eva Alordiah, I am an Isoko girl
from Delta state. I am from a very simple
Christian family, I am a lover of animals. I am a
Computer Science graduate. I have always
loved music and I think doing music now will
not be a surprise especially, to my parents. This
is something I have always loved. I am also, a
professional make- up artiste.
I have
my own
make-
up outfit
here in
Lagos. I
am
currently doing music and make- up together. I
wanted to be an animator because of my love
for cartoons. I also love to draw and that was
why I studied Computer Science. What I really
wanted to do was computer animation but the
course was not in any Nigerian University
curriculum.
So, I decided to start with a first degree in
Computer Science,hoping to move on from
there to study Computer Animation abroad. I
am still in love with that and it is something I
would do at a later stage of my life. Right now,
the part of me that likes to draw, I have
converted it to make- up artistry. You know it is
all about drawing and painting. I have not
dropped any album yet but I have dropped a
free tape last year because, my fans wanted that.
I am seriously working on my first full album.
I just finished working with Femi Kuti and
Darey Art-Alade. I chose music because, music
is life. Working with Femi Kuti was a
wonderful experience. He is an amazing friend.
We were friends for a while before we even
thought of working together. Connecting with
somebody from that lineage is very imperative. I
think Femi Kuti is such a great mentor to have.
My going into music could be said to be
because of my mother. She was an amazing
singer. She used to sing a lot when we were
growing up. She had so many musical tapes.
My mother was a good fan of Bob Marley,
Michael Jackson, amongst others. I would say
that my musical life really started from my
mother. I am also a writer.
When I started writing music, it was just fun. I
am currently a writer for a couple of
magazines. I am also a fashion designer because
my mother taught me how to do so when I was
growing up. I know how to draw, I do make
up. I love music, I love to dance and perform. I
love to do anything that is creative.
Coping with other female artistes in the industry
will never be a problem to me because, I am a
different person and they are all different
people, and we are all called to do different
things. I have never felt like I’m competing
with any body because everybody has his/her
own part to perform. My name and my style are
unique. My name is not their name and their
names are not my name. I do music my own
way , likewise everybody. The fact that I don’t
do what they do makes me unique.
Talking about my looks, everything goes to my
mother. She is a nurse and she brought us up
very healthy. I have always maintained a strict
diet and exercise. I work- out and exercise a lot.
I drink a lot of water. I don’t stress myself
because I don’t think there is any need to worry
in life. I also trust in God so much because I
know there is nothing too big for God to do. I
try as much as possible to maintain a very close
relationship with God. You know, once in a
while, we fall but I try as much as possible to
still maintain a closer relationship with God.
I think everything that happened to me in the
industry, has a reason. I don’t think there is
anything that has happened to me that I regret.
Everything that happened helped me to grow up
to the person that I am now.
The major challenge in promoting a song I
would say is finance. There is no money
anywhere. I have to fend for myself for
sometime now. Being a woman that wants to
survive in the industry has many challenges. I
have some personal challenges. There is no
inspiration anywhere. When you let yourself
lose focus because of this, then the challenges
come in.
I have gotten to a point where I felt like, I was
not doing music any more. There are some
artistes I could ‘kill’ to work with; like, Jesse
Jags and 2face. I will also like to work with
Sade Adu because I just feel like we can
connect on a bigger level. That is not just on the
barest minimum of music. Music that can grow
a new generation. I will like to grow my music.

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