Renowned reggae artiste, Ras Kimono, is an angry man at the
moment. And the source of his bristling anger is nothing other
than young Nigerian artistes holding sway at the moment.
Ras Kimono isn’t pleased that none of the artistes is singing
‘reality’ songs.
The ‘Rum-Bar Style
master thundered, “None of the new cop of artistes now are
doing real reggae. They are afraid to sing reality. They’re all
about bum-bum and such mundane things. They’re all singing
about foolishness and nothingness. Look at what is happening
in the country today; the president is also doubling as the
Minister for Petroleum, and nobody is talking about it. I’m
angry.”
On which of these young artistes he would like to work with,
Kimono retorted: “Which of them would I like to work with, or
which of them would like to work with me? Anyway, none of
them is doing real reggae, so I’m confused and paranoid
about working with any of them.”
Kimono however refuted the claims that reggae music is dead
in Nigeria. In his words, “As long as Ras Kimono lives, then
reggae is still alive in Nigeria. If reggae is dead, you won’t
come and talk to me now.”
Sharing a bit of what he’s up to at the moment, the reggae
veteran said, “I’m in the studio working, and I’ll be coming
out with a brand new tune before the year runs out.”