Sophia Michaels
Nigerian singer, Korede Bello has said he would choose making people happy over a Grammy.
According to him, making people happy is more important to him than any award.
He made the statement during a recent interview.
During the interview, the Godwin hit creator said Nigerian artists should not rely on a foreign awards, such as the Grammys, for validity.
He said; “There is a common pidgin saying that can loosely be translated to mean, ‘it is where one works that one will eat’. Part of the things we ‘eat’ as artistes is validation for our art. Validation for making great art is good. And, that can be very inspirational for others to make better art.
When an artiste makes it to the nomination list of a prestigious award, they are already winners in my opinion. Every other thing is subjective. However, I believe in rewards over awards.
Rewards can come in the form of commercial success or returns on investment. That way, one knows that the quality of what one puts in is what will determine what one will get. Awards are good, but knowing that one’s art makes many people happy is a better feeling.”
On the weirdest place he’s derived inspiration from, Korede said; “As far as I am concerned, there is no place that is too weird to get inspiration from. Everything is art, and everything can be inspirational. Pain is a beautiful ‘place’ to create art from. As a matter of fact, this question is already giving me inspiration for a new song. Is that weird?”
