Singer, Orezi, was
criticised Online this week shortly after he released a picture to
promote his new music titled ”Born Broke Die Rich”.
In
the picture, the singer appeared to have set ablaze N1,000 note. Many
Nigerians felt it was disrespectful to Nigeria and the country’s legal
tender. However, in an exclusive interview with Saturday Beats, the
singer noted that it was an edited picture.
He said, “I never
burnt the N1,000 note like people thought, it was just graphics; an
edited picture. I did not burn the Nigerian currency. If you look at the
picture, you would see that the fire almost got to my eyes. If it were
real, I would not have been able to withstand the heat. I cannot allow
fire to burn my eyes because I want to take a picture. I replied some
comments when people were criticising me because of the picture.
“I
told them that it was an artistic paper and I did not burn the Nigerian
currency. Why would I burn money to promote my music? A lot of my fans
also tried to explain to those that were abusing me that it was an
edited picture, but they would not listen. Some people went as far as
saying that they would arrest me because it is against the law, but I
did not burn the money. It is not everything that you can explain to
people; sometimes you just have to keep quiet.”
Speaking about ‘Born Broke Die Rich’, the singer said it was inspired by his life story.
“It
is just a song for people like me who were not born with a silver spoon
in their mouth, but we aspire to be great so that our children would
not suffer the way we did. It is an inspirational song that advises
people like me to work hard for their children’s sake. In the song, I
said that my child must not suffer the way I did and that is why I work
hard the way I do,” he said.
In 2013, there was a rumour that
the singer had signed on with Davido’s record label but since the news
went viral, nothing has been heard about the deal. During his interview
with Saturday Beats, the singer spoke about the purported deal.
“I
never signed on with Davido’s record label. We were supposed to work
together and we had a deal but at the time, he travelled (out) and the
deal was taking too long. Some things were not in place for the deal to
happen so we decided to hold on. However, we are very good friends and
we have done about two songs together.
“This year, we would
also do some projects together. Right now, I am an independent artiste
signed on with my record label, Gehn Gehn Music.
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