Reminisce: The ban on my song made no difference

Nigerian music act and hip-hop rapper, Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru and popularly known as Reminisce,
aka Alaga Ibile, has disclosed that the ban on his song, Tesojue’, has little or no effect on him.
The 34-year-old Buga crooner in a recent chat with
newsmen disclosed this.
Nigeria Broadcasting
Commission (NBC) had placed a ban on his song,
‘Tesojue’ sometime last year.
He said, “I wasn’t bothered when I got the news
because I was convinced it would not affect my
career.
“The ban on my song, Tesojue, actually makes little
or no difference. The song was released last year
and it enjoyed airplay towards the end of last year
and early this year. I am not someone who often
goes to a radio station with my songs, so the effect
is very minimal.
Reminisce further said that although it is very
disappointing, it had little or no effect on his career
or creative flow.
“There are songs that I make and do not give to
radio stations. When you get famous to a certain
extent, presenters go out of their way to download
your song and play it on their shows. I really
appreciate those that do that because they do it out
of love. But whenever I submit my songs to radio
stations, I make sure they are clean. For those that
are not clean, I make sure I re-record them and
edit the vulgar part for public consumption on the
radio.
“I think NBC should try to hire people that
understand the industry because abroad, they also
have these laws but once the radio version is
clean, they do not disturb the artistes. They should
create a screening board that would check our
works and inform us of the ones they feel are not
for public consumption. It is not fair that they make
us go through the process of creating a hit song,
and shooting the video with millions and they later
tell us the song is banned.
“What have they been doing since?” he quizzed.
“They should consider us too because we spend a
lot of money putting these works together. As for
me, it has minimal effects but I am sure that there
are a lot of people out there that it really affects,”