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.
*Eva
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. www.oseni9ja..com/2013/11/id-give-anything-to-work-with-jesse.html?m=1

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