Shina Peters, the Afro-Juju legend, says the majority of his fans are from the Igbo ethnic group, not his native Yoruba.
The 67-year-old music maestro spoke about his decades-long career in a teaser for an upcoming The Honest Bunch podcast.
Sixty-five percent of my fans are Igbos, not Yorubas, he said. My fans are demanding that I give them new music, but I don’t just go to the studio. I can’t go to the studio, the atmosphere is not conducive for me. I don’t know what to sing.
Peters, born Oluwashina Akanbi Peters, promised a session of complete transparency, describing the interview as blunt and unfiltered.
The Ogun-born singer expressed his disillusionment with the current state of the music industry, which he feels has eroded the legacy my generation fought to build.
This interview will be blunt and unfiltered because they have bastardised what people like us suffered for — what we cried to God to change. By His grace, He did, but now they’ve changed it back. I won’t be part of that, he said.
The veteran musician also revealed he achieved major life milestones while still a teenager.
He disclosed that he became a father at 14, bought his first car at 13, and built his first house at 16, having started his musical career at the age of 10.
I started my career at the age of 10. I had my first child at 14. I bought my first car at 13. I built my first house at 16, he added.
The episode featuring the iconic singer is set to air by 6 p.m. today.
