Though he has two lovely daughters from
his baby mama, the self acclaimed Egberi papa 1 of Bayelsa, Timaya, has
said he is not ready to tie the knots- at least not for now.
Speaking to Saturday Beats
recently, Timaya said he promised the mother of his children that he
wasn’t going to have kids from different women but then, walking down
the aisle was not on his to-do list.
“I am not getting married soon. My life
is a journey. My career is my journey. I didn’t lie to my baby mama when
she was pregnant; I told her I wasn’t ready to get married. I never
said I wasn’t going to get married. But at the moment, I am not ready.
When she told me she was pregnant, I accepted the pregnancy. She told me
she hoped I wasn’t going to be like other musicians who had kids from
different women. I told her no. My two kids are from same woman. I know
what I am doing.”
And now that he is a father, Timaya said it is a wonderful feeling and he loves his daughters so much.
“I never knew I could love anyone the
way I love my daughters. My first daughter is my best friend. I didn’t
know what I wanted when I had her. But I knew I wanted to rebrand. So I
had to take off the dreadlock.”
Timaya admitted that his mean looks back
in the days was intentional and he needed such identity to be in sync
with his controversial status.
“My dreadlock was a strategy. I wanted
people to see me as a rude boy. I couldn’t have been giving all those
trouble with a calm and clean face. I wanted a look that would associate
with it. Now, people come to me and I smile.
“I was happy I was controversial and I
was being talked about. I used to struggle to be known before then and I
desperately wanted to be known. Finally, they started talking about me.
People felt I was troublesome. Some felt I was controversial. Even
those who didn’t know my music knew my name. When I had got what I
wanted, I felt it was time for me to rebrand.”
Talking about his career, Timaya said he has a strong passion for music and has no intention of quitting.
“I realised that I have a passion for
music. I didn’t go into it because of money; I didn’t see money when I
started. I have never thought of doing anything else. I know my life is
finished if I am not doing music. If not music, my life is finished.
“I know some musicians are coming into
the industry because they feel there is money in it. But that shouldn’t
be the case. When your target is money, you will not get it. I try as
much as I can not to sound the same way I have been sounding. When there
is no innovation, people wouldn’t appreciate you.”
Even with younger artistes currently on the music scene and waxing strong, Timaya said he is not intimidated.
“I know these young artistes are vexing.
I don’t feel threatened that there are younger musicians out there now.
I just try to beat every hit song I have done before. I am not in any
competition with anybody. I do songs every day. But music should not be
taken for granted. At this point, much is expected of me. I can do a
song for a whole month. The bottom is for me to have the body of the
song, the hook and the melody. I don’t want to sound like a joke to my
fans. I take my time. This is my profession, it is not a joke. I don’t
want my name to be forgotten,” he said.
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