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Those who cannot sacrifice should stay out of this thread

@ElRazur , thumbs up 

@poster I will sacrifice anything. So what's the plan?

Your useless rantings have successfully driven poor Zabutt away

@ maddock big thumbs up for you

dump him and do it fast!

She should kill herslf

http://www.nollyzone.com/celebs/interviews/i-am-now-a-married-man-%e2%80%94-tuface-idibia/

HOW do you feel about your recent award at the MTV Africa Music awards?
I just thank God. I am happy about it and it means more challenge for me to keep up the standard and keep working.
You have been performing in a lot of shows lately, where do you get all the energy from?
Within Nigeria it’s all the fufu I eat you know….emm outside Nigeria na burger (Just kidding o!) I think when your job is what you love to do; it makes it easier for you. So I guess it’s because I love to perform on stage and I love music.

Your latest album, Unstoppable doesn’t seem to be doing as well as your previous albums, what do you think is responsible for this?
I can’t really say because the kind of deal I had on this album had to do with the marketers being responsible for the sales so na dem know whether e sell or e no sell. I can’t really say its moving in terms of selling in the market but maybe the buzz is not like that of the previous albums.

Why is that?
I can’t really place a finger on what the problem is.



Tuface Idibia
Do you think it has anything to do with you losing your touch?
I don’t think it’s the song, I think it is…, Wow! What do I think it is now sef? (Pauses)
I think it is the promotional strategy that didn’t work well for the album.

You spent a lot of money establishing Hypertech, what happened to the label?
Nothing actually, it is just that right now I am trying to reorganize and rearrange so that whatever Hypertech is going to be involved in next time will come out well. You know it was my first time setting up a label and there are a whole lot of lessons I learnt. And I believe that is the way of life, we learn in order to grow.

Can you outline some of the wrong steps you made as regards Hypertech?
I am not going to answer all that. It is a baby company and like I said, the promotion did not flourish as expected.

Why did you go back to Now music?
I think they are capable to do the job because I have worked with them before and I think they will be able to carry me to where I am going in terms of management.

There were speculations that R. Kelly denied featuring on your song entitled Flex, what do you have to say about that?
Let me just put it this way; R-Kelly has not sued me, so let anybody not say anything. That is the only thing I have to say because it is now as if I have to start defending. Let whoever said R-Kelly said that show me a tape or something.


Tuface Idibia
But you did feature R-Kelly, didn’t you?
Yeah. There was a collabo and whoever is trying to say there wasn’t just want to rubbish my name. They are tired of talking about the baby mama issue and they want to use something else to tarnish my image. It is just the work of some people who are trying to spoil my name.

Now that a lot of people believe the rumour, don’t you think you should have R. Kelly officially make a statement about it?
Well, don’t worry, I am working on it. I am going to do something about that soon. I will just say father, forgive them for they don’t know what they are talking about.

What are you working on at the moment?
Right now, I am packaging a Disc Jockey master mix. I am trying to pick a DJ that can use my music and do the best mix. That is what I am doing right now and it will be ready next month. And I am still celebrating my ten years on the scene and there are a couple of events lined up for that. I did one in Abuja and I am doing one in Bayelsa next month as well. There is a whole lot I am coming up with but I can’t really talk about them now because they are still in the pipeline. When e don done, I go let una know.

I am working on another album right now and I am preparing for the UK release of Unstoppable.

Do you think the album will do better there than it is doing here?
It is doing better there. Many Nigerians told me that the songs are not Nigerian enough. And I don’t know what that means. They say they are not commercial; they said why I didn’t do something like what the boys are doing right now. So I am like, the thing wey the boys dey do now, who do am before the boys dey do am? Some people just want you to remain a Nigerian artiste; they don’t want you to cut across to the other parts of the world. I have heard it a lot that the album is not Nigerian enough and maybe that is why they are not playing it.

Examining your other albums and this particular one, did you do the same things you did?
I will say almost the same thing. Not really the same but its still me. I will say the only difference is one or two styles of music I introduced on the album because I did some afro beats and I didn’t do so many singing songs.

What do you think about the Nigerian music industry?
The industry is still in a little bit of chaos in terms of copyright laws, in terms of combating piracy and artistes getting their proper dues. I think it is still a little bit unstable but in terms of growth, creativity and awareness, in Nigeria, the music industry is growing fast. It is like that everywhere in the world; you have the very talented artistes, you have the business minded artistes that don’t necessarily need to be talented and you have those that don’t have both the business and the talent.
They don’t have any business in the show. And then in terms of audience, you have people who respect good music in Nigeria and we have those who just want to party without listening to lyrics and then we have those that don’t have respect for Nigerian artistes, they only respect foreign artistes. Nigerians easily put people aside. We have a lot of great old school artistes who no one talks about anymore.


Tuface
People just come up today to say they are this and that whereas there are people who have been there from the outset and they really did a lot of work in the industry and nobody talks about them today. I have never seen any radio DJ come on air and play old school songs alongside what we have now. But the way it is, when new artistes come up, they just sideline the older ones. When 2face Idibia came on board, everybody forgot about older artistes such as Onyeka Onwenu and Sunny Ade. I think that thing is one thing that is really bad in terms of respect for artistes. The way dem dey forget old school artiste dey very unfair. No matta wetin the person do, Na only the person mate dey celebrate am some time. In all, the music industry is growing pretty fast right now.

Recently at the Arthur Guinness Concert, P-Square created a scene in your defence, what is your take on the matter?
We actually came back and some people tried to disrespect us. They always disrespect Nigerian artistes when it comes to stuff like that. It is not necessarily Guinness; it’s the people they employed. You know they employ some agencies to handle stuff sometimes and these people just disrespect Nigerian artistes.
And the Guinness staff actually came to apologize to us. That was why myself and P-Square came back on stage to perform. I will advice big companies to tell those who run the agencies they hire to stop disrespecting Nigerian artistes. I left the Guinness show but the members of staff who understood what went wrong, came after me and pleaded for me to come back.

Why do you think these agencies disrespect Nigerian artistes?
It is because they tend to look at us on their own level and see foreign artistes in a higher level than we are. It’s just like when you say a prophet is not respected in his home. They want to impress foreign artistes when they come to Nigeria. They want to kiss their butts or something in that line. When they have shows like that, Nigerian artistes also make demands but everything they would prepare would be just for the foreign artistes. For instance, I made demands for my own backstage arrangement and on that day, I come to the venue of the show and they have a general backstage for all the Nigerian artistes and they have one particular area for the foreign artistes. And then sometimes, even the area that is created for the Nigerian artistes, when the foreign artiste come, they deny Nigerian artiste access to the place. Although sometimes, some artistes do not make these demands when we get to the venue of the show, they complain that they are being maltreated meanwhile in their rider they did not make these demands. Even those of us who make these demands are not even satisfied and there are confrontations and one just decides to refrain from displaying and making trouble.

Who was 2face as a fourteen year old teenager?
I was very shy but very playful, very friendly but extremely shy.

Are you still shy?
Yes I am but I can’t afford to be shy anymore because of the line of business I am in.

So how are you taking in all your fame?
Well I just look at it like I am still me. The fact that people know me doesn’t change anything.

Do you think you would have made it this big if you were still a member of Plantation Boys?
It is only God and time that can answer that. Maybe I would have grown bigger than this, maybe not. I can’t really say.

Are you guys planning a come back?
Right now, no! But we are thinking about

Are you planning to tie the knots anytime soon?
Hmm…I am already married o!

Really when did you do that and why did you hide it?
I no want make una know o!

Who did you marry?
Una no go let the person rest so….

Is it Annie Macaulay?
Don’t worry, you go know when we don tire to keep am secret. (Laughs)

So you are no more in the market?
No I am not o!

For the records, how many kids do you have?
Dem plenty o. I am still counting sef.

Don’t you think your having kids here and there will affect your career negatively?
One thing is that we are in Africa; it depends on which angle you are looking at it from. Polygamy is a normal thing in Africa. I am not trying to say anyone should do like I did; it’s a matter of how you want to live your own life. What I did was the noblest thing I could have done in that situation. I don’t care about what anybody thinks about me. I just know that I didn’t kill anyone and I did not commit any crime and I did the right thing given the situation. So, however anybody looks at it is a matter of opinion. If they want to crucify me for it, no problem, I go take care of my pikin them.

I love the way he combined Tiv, Idoma, Pidgin and English in the song


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuEklr_dC4Q&feature=related

Is omo preggers? She looks pregnant in these pics.

What happened to Will Smith and Jada? They are the sexiest couple imo

igbogolo:
? Is this for lack of what to say??

you are only enslaved when you believe you can do nothing without help.

God bless you

michelin89:
Besides she is a beauty to behold.

I completely agree with you and so are the others. The noise people make about her is much too much.

michelin89:
So na only fine girls dey marry?

1. Omotola got hooked at 17 to a man much older than her.
2. Ini is married to a second hand husband
3. Stella was a widow and just got married again recently.

What has Gene got to envy in these three women?

Her supposed fine a.s.s can't even hook down a "second hand husband"(_{whatever that means}). At 17 she not only got impregnated but dumped with the pregnancy.

Thanks FBS  what's your take on the video?

Girl looks like she was mad Hot in the video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e82VE8UtW8A&feature=related

Let's see

Omosexy is married
Ini is married
Stella has married twice
Gene is still single

Looks like Gene is losing out to the other three. If she was more pretty she would def have been snatched up.

A close friend of mine met her husband online. They have been happily married for 5 years now. Some offline marriages don't last that long.

@Poster, your mum knows. Wives always know.
Your job is to try to bring your parents back together. You will of course need the help of your siblings to hatch the plan.

Dis Guy:
Yikes!!! 600 gini? 

He's thinking Max 250k, He is going alone
He's staying with some relatives in Lagos,
planning to stay 3-4 nights in Calabar just for pictures and some fresh air
And visit old some old school friends around Abuja


Heard one can get tickets to return to Abuja for less than N10k
Dont know about Calabar though, funny how the travel agents on here
are only interested in 'abroad' packages

From your reply I guess 600k is enough for two people but sola310 thinks otherwise.

sola310:
staying in Lagos in a hotel like Eko Hotel is around between 26k to 40k
Feeding per day is between 5k to 10k
Miscellaneous spending 100k
This budget is per head. She could spend far less if she wants ,it depends on her choices



HIGH
Accommodation 40k @14 =560k

Feeding 10k@14 =140k

Miscellaneous 100k
TOTAL 800K


LOW
Accommodation 26k @14 =364k

Feeding 5k@14 =70k

Miscellaneous 50k

TOTAL 484K

She (and whoever she is coming with) could enjoy their stay better if she has a guide .
Call 0705 550 9118

Thanks for the info. I will pass this info and your number to her. She will call if interested in a guide.

Dis Guy:
_subscribing

A friend of mine is also planning the same for 2-3weeks in May/June

Will they be visiting Family members in any of the state?
or just tourism?

Tourism because of hubby and visiting family members because of her. How much is your friend budgeting? Mine was thinking of 600k naira

ruskiee:
Depends on the location where they'd stay at.

Lagos, Abuja and Cross River. They intend to stay in hotels in all three states and will stay just two weeks in 9ja.

A friend of mine is married(to oyinbo) and working. She has not been home for like 4 years but would like to visit in November or December. Her and hubby are planning to visit. Any good advice will be appreciated.

@poster xmas is over, I'm guessing you are back now. So, how was it? I mean 200k and all. Was it enough?

Naomi is hot hot hot that's not saying beyonce is not hot hot hot too. Both women are very beautiful. But Naomi will take Jay Z anyday from Beyonce.

Niceyenuf:
Can't Nigerians just appreciate their actors 4 what they are doin? Just what are all dis comments 4. They prefer appreciating foreign actors who have bad characters with a lot of scandals trailing them. Why can't we allow d actor enjoy a nice time with his family?

Do Nigerians ever appreciate anything, if they are rubbishing their Nollywood stars they are rubbishing their leaders or their country.

God has blessed blacks but blacks have refused to use that blessing for good thats why the world hates them. Go home and build your countries.

because naija men can't take NO for an answer
the only answer they accept is serious yabbies
abroad if a woman says thank you but am not interested you respect her answer and leave her alone.

Chai and to think that all these yabbies that are being poured on my beloved country are on the internet for the whole wide world to see.
Naija my beloved country you don suffer for your pikin dem hand

The parents should call their relatives in the village or don't they have relatives anymore?

clean your house

kulyie:
@blakca ure d one dat knows d u.s soldiers abi? go n use dat 2 collect money in d bank.empty barell

What brought about the insult? You don't add smilies after calling someone an empty barrel just because they told you the truth.

Everybody knows the american solders are much more cruel than Nigerian solders.