He was one of Kennis Music artistes and blessed with good looks and voice. But when many thought he would remain for a long time at the label, he left.
Minjin, a talented artiste in Nigeria, wowed many with hit tracks like ‘Coupe Decale’ which featured Inyanya.
He told Nigeriafilms.com why he left Kennis Music, which once signed 2Face Idibia as its artiste.
What have been doing lately
I have been doing a lot of work, you know since I left Kennis, I have been doing lots of underground work with my music, trying to rebrand myself and come out as a different person and people can really relate with better.
How have you been able to balance music with acting?
It’s something I’m used to. I won a competition as an actor and also as a musician, so I can actually multi task. The only thing is that acting keeps you in location for like two months straight but for music, you can record one song and you are done. But to make a movie, you have to spend like two, three months; that is the only thing I feel. So, I know how to manage my time, sometimes I am on location and when I’m free, I go to the studio and record and come back on set again, so I know how to manage my time.
What about your painting skills?
You know one thing, I believe to sell my paintings, I need to sell myself. My paintings are selling not the way I want it. I want to sell my paintings for like N2 million and for me to achieve that, I need to sell my image big so I can sell it for that price. Imagine a P-Square saying they want to do art exhibition, people will buy their paintings for N10 million just one piece. That is what I want. I still paint but I’m not doing any exhibition for now. I’m just pushing my brand, once my brand is big enough, the I will do exhibitions to attract Presidents will come and they will buy my paintings for N15 million.
Why did you leave Kennis?
I did not like their management basically. I like it when an artiste is given free-will to share in his career and not what they say you should do. That’s why but we don’t have any issues. After my contract ended, I left; I did not want to renew it.
Which record label are you signed to now?
For now, none but I have a lot of label talking to me but I’m trying to weigh my options. You know I have been signed before, so I don’t want to make the same mistakes again.
What should fans be expecting from Minjin?
Pretty amazing songs, new videos and I am shooting a video next week and a couple of videos are coming out; new singles and lots of collaborations as well and the kind of sound you will be hearing now are African contemporary sounds and not the ‘coupe-Decale’ style. Different genres, RnB, different kind of sounds that you have not heard me do before so I’m just trying to show my versatility now.
How long do you plan to continue with your dreads and studs?
I don’t know, as long as my fans like it because when I want to cut my hair, I see a lot of fans telling me no. I’m actually doing this for the fans, they are the people who are making you who you are. They are the ones buying your CD, they are the ones that listen to your songs. If you don’t have fans, you are not a star. I was going to cut it but a lot of people say they like it.
