How Nigerians cancelled me for saying Ghana influenced Nigerian Music - Mr Eazi

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Mr Eazi, the acclaimed singer and serial entrepreneur, recently shared his experience of being a victim of cancel culture after making a statement asserting that Ghana had influenced Nigerian music.

The incident occurred on January 11, 2017, when Mr Eazi tweeted about the influence of Ghanaian music on present-day Nigerian music, leading to a significant backlash, with fans and colleagues threatening to "cancel" him.

During a recent episode of the Afrobeats Intelligence Podcast hosted by Joey Akan, Mr Eazi reflected on the aftermath of his statement. Despite facing backlash and cancel culture threats, he maintained that he didn't regret his statement.

However, he expressed disappointment in some individuals in the music industry whom he considered friends but who joined others in canceling him instead of offering private criticism.

Mr Eazi also criticized those who continue to harbor resentment toward him, emphasizing that his statement wasn't as profound as it was made out to be. He suggested that the lingering negativity may be rooted in unrelated issues, implying that people are "hating" him for reasons beyond the initial statement about Ghanaian music influence on Nigerian music.

Mr Eazi said, “When the whole issue with me being cancelled, even till tomorrow, I see people come on my [social media] profile and still throw hate. They said, ‘Oh, yeah, you said that.’ I’m like, ‘Fam, really? This energy take it to your local politician wey dey run you street.’ You feel me? I didn’t kill anybody. I said what I said.

“And I said it many years ago. If that is the reason you hate, then you hate me for something else. It’s deeper than that. And realising that just make me feel free. That’s the lens to which I look at e everything. Because I was seeing guys I was saying ‘Hello’ to, coming out to say, ‘F*ck Mr Eazi.’ And I was like, ‘Bro, you could have called me and say Eazi, I just saw this interview, you shouldn’t have said that. This is what I advise you to do.’ But it just became a thing of let’s all band together. And that’s why in my song ‘We Dey’, I said, ‘Twitter fingers steady showing fake love.’ Because it’s crowd mentality. It’s trendy to hate you, and now it’s like for clicks.

“There are people making art and nobody is caring about their life whether they jump or sit. It’s like they are invisible. Love and hate is acknowledgement of your existence, I’m even blessed to be able to invoke something.”

Source: dailypost.ng

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