Entertainment : TIMAYA AND KING covers Vibe.ng magazine latest issue
His Mondays to Fridays were for school but his weekends were for hawking trays of plantain so large that he now has cause to think his height may have been affected in the process.
Times have changed and he can now afford to purchase a whole damn plantation, but how did Inietimi Alfred Odon go from selling bunches of starchy vegetables to selling out concert halls? How did he go from accepting a 500k deal for his “True Story” Album to becoming a high and very well respected authority in the creative space? What has kept him afloat and dry for well over a decade, in the murky waters of the Nigerian music ecosystem?
In addition to gathering information for his feature, these questions were also personally important because I’d once interacted with him in my freshman days at the University of Benin, as an obsessed fan.
Whatever you have seen on MTV Base’s Celeb Living is only a fraction of what Timaya’s living space really looks like. A pampered Rolls Royce first intimidates you at the gate before you even enter the main building – which is, by the way, dipped in such unconventionally sophisticated detailing. Sinking into one of the furniture draped in fur, I had cause to internally question what animal had been killed and skinned illegally for such sinful softness and texture…
“I never had a plan B because music is my first love. I love to sing. That’s the only thing that I can do.”
-Timaya
When fans meet their favorite entertainers, it’s a moment in time to be cherished forever but entertainers meet hundreds of fans daily. For them, it’s really another day, another dollar. Regardless of this reality, I took a shot at refreshing Timaya’s memory of our encounter in the capital of the “nation’s heartbeat” but as expected, it didn’t register.
After pleasantries had been exchanged and hospitality had been offered, we moved on with the scheduled session for the day but it was clear that a seed of curiosity had been planted in the mind of Timaya, after my claim of meeting him 11 years ago.
With his less than half-filled cup of Hennessy, he walked up to me and carefully queried.
“So you say we’ve met?”
Before sharing my answer to Timaya’s question, I must bring to your attention the wonder kid of the DM Records family; an artiste in whom Timaya is very well pleased.
“I listen to King Perryy because he’s got it…”
-Timaya
The ‘double Y’ at the end of King Perryy’s name happened because he was tired of the identity clash between himself and late American Saxophonist King Perry on the internet. He needed to differentiate his brand from the American’s because of verification, Wikipedia searches and the ease of finding his music on the web.
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