9th December, 2023
By Victoria Oluwayemi
Indigenous rapper Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru, popularly known as Reminisce, has recounted his initial setback in the music industry.
The ‘King Of Boys’ star reminisced about encountering rejection during his early days when a radio station declined their CDs, citing the predominant use of Yoruba language in their music.
During a recent interview with Zikoko, Reminisce shared, “My first major rejection was with 9ice on the Island at a radio station where we went to submit our music CDs for airplay, and the feedback we got was that we would never make it.
“They said 9ice was singing like Babalawo [native doctor] cuase he sings in Yoruba,” he said,
He continued: “The other guy told me: ‘why am I rapping like a buffoon’. Can’t I see Ruggedman? He said that we should both go back and look for something to do with our lives and be better.”
Reflecting on this incident, he added, “That was my first major rejection. I will never forget it. Even 9ice I’m sure he hasn’t forgotten it.”