Veteran Nollywood actor Jim Iyke discloses he stopped music when he discovered he was perhaps the worst rapper who also released the worst album of the decade.
Jim Iyke had, at some point in his acting career, delved into music and released his debut album titled ‘Who Am I’. The body of work featured top musicians like 2Baba and Sound Sultan, who died recently.
Iyke, in a recent chat with HipTv, said he thought he could sing because he felt he could do anything he wanted with his life, but being a musician humbled him, he had to step back and quit.
He said; “I think it was a coming of age situation that time. I woke up day; I just started this business then and it was doing well. I was working back to back. I just work up one day and decided I can do everything with my life.”
“You know what, that was a humbling experience because I discovered I was probably the worst rapper ever. But I enjoyed the experience because I don’t take myself too seriously. People shouldn’t.”
“People who take themselves too seriously never get ahead. I like to do stuff on feel. In failure is a success; I understand my boundaries and know where I shouldn’t go. But I also understand there’s big business in there.”
“I didn’t go to hire people to do it. I was in that studio and distributing my stuff. I probably caught a bigger cheque than big musicians then. The business was done. I made money, even if it was the worst album of the decade.”
Iyke, the founder of Untamed Records, however, noted that he would love to revisit the music label as a business entity.
“Untamed is something I’ll love to revisit as a businessman. I’m a far better-evolved businessman than then. What I was doing then was by passion and self-gratification. What I’m going to do now is strictly commercial,” he stated.
“Obviously, as a better capitalist and businessman, so I’m most, likely to succeed using people that are truly gifted in this, not doing the PDD thing trying to put myself in front of everyone and messing it all up.
“So there’s no bad experience in everything you do in life, not at all, there’s always a lesson to be learned.”
Watch the interview below;
https://youtu.be/59UoFX5N5wU