Nigerian pop artiste, Sean Tizzle has insisted that veteran
Hiphop musician and producer, Sound Sultan cannot take the credit for
writing his debut hit single, ‘Sho Le’.
The young man who studied Theatre Arts at the University of Ibadan
was the guest of Rubbin’ Minds on Channels Television on Sunday.
Discussion started with Tizzle having to define his brand of music
and he explained that although he started out as an R&B act, making
music that sells has become the most important factor to him as a
musician.
He insisted that mixing different genres of music in his recordings
has worked very well in his favour and it did not matter if fans cannot
identify him with a particular genre as long as he makes music that is
appreciated by those fans.
He also acknowledged the growth of the industry, especially with the
advent of international shows, adding that he was willing to work with
any Nigerian musician.
Tizzle admitted that he indeed used to work with Sound Sultan and the
older act made technical contributions to his popular debut hit “Sho
le” since he started recording the song while still signed to the record
label, Naija Ninjas. He however insisted that Sound Sultan did not
write the song, contrary to allegations by the older act.
He also spoke about the allegation of breach of contract levelled
against him by the label, which he did not deny. He revealed that they
had resolved all the issues, with him having to “settle him somehow”.
Tizzle’s rapid success was further validated as he won the Next Rated
awards at the Headies – Nigeria biggest music awards, beating the likes
of Burna Boy and Sheyi Shay to clinch the ownership of a brand new car
that came with the victory.
There had been rumours that one of the contenders, Burna Boy, stormed
out of the award venue, but Sean Tizzle debunked the rumour, claiming
that he discussed the allegations with Burna Boy who explained that he
left after the announcement of their category since he had been due to
leave the venue earlier but was only waiting for that part of the night
to be over.
He, however, said that his victory at the awards was not about him
but about God and the fact that he has a good team to work with. He also
revealed that his album would be released in April 2014. He boasted
that the album would be too exciting for any track to be skipped.
Sean Tizzle also spoke about his attraction to Ghanaian actress,
Jackie Appiah. Having declared his feelings on a major Ghanaian radio a
week before, he believed that she would get to know about his feeling
and perhaps “Jackie Tizzle” may become more real than it did when Sean
said it during the interview.
