'I am the king of R&B in Nigeria' - Darey

'I am the king of R&B in Nigeria' - Darey
Art Alade declares
Award winning artiste Darey Art Alade said in a
recent interview with Encomium mag that he is the
king of RnB music in Nigeria and not Banky W. When
asked if he feels any competition between himself
and Banky W knowing that they are both called
Nigeria's king of RnB, Darey replied;
"There is only one king of RnB. I have never heard
anybody being called king of RnB except me. I
have never heard anybody call him (Banky W)
king of RnB except if you think he is one. But the
truth is, there is only one king, and you know who
the king is. If you doubt it, my new material will
settle the scores. Although it has taken sometime,
I am very happy the work is coming out soon" he
told the magazine
Darey also spoke on the increased rate of artiste/
management face off and revealed plans of acquiring
a radio station. Continue to read the rest...
On artiste/management face off, Darey said;
"The truth of the matter is everybody has a role to
play and they have a portion of the blame. The
label invests something, I don't want to say much.
For every investment you want to make a return.
This is where the artiste doesn't understand. In
the beginning, they gave you a house, a car, and
you think you are talented, and come to think of
it, you don't even have anything in the market.
Whatever they gave you was based on potential,
the initial agreement that if I give you this, you
will give me that in return. Some artistes don't
have agreement, everything is sealed at a bar. As
you drink, you signed without realizing what you
are signing. Some of them are illiterates, some
pretend to know what the business is all about,
but they don't. Some of them get carried away by
the glitz and glamour of it, signed without
knowing what the agreement stipulates. When
they default, they start blaming the label, saying
all sorts of things. But most of us don't find out
what was the agreement before going to the
press and write. On the other side, the label may
have been obligated to do certain things but they
did not do it and the artiste will complain. These
are the issues" he said
On how to resolve these issues, Darey said;
"I think both sides should have respect for
agreement. There shouldn't be issues if both
sides respect agreement they made. For instance,
when I left Questionmark, nobody heard that I
fought anybody till tomorrow. Yes we had
disagreement, it wasn't a rosy ending but till date
they are still my friends, we work together. So
maturity is needed to handle such situation".
Darey also spoke on his plans to own a radio station
"I will love to own a radio station. I have already
started making inquiries and plans on that
feasibility. I am a radio person, I have worked on
radio, and it was really fun. Since then I felt it is
good if I can achieve this by running a radio
station. After all, it will provide jobs for people,
encourage creativity and improve entertainment.
I don't know the format of the station yet but let
me get the license first" he said.