Afrobeats star, Timaya, has claimed that veteran singer Eedris Abdulkareem just isn’t revered throughout the music trade as a result of he’s a talkative.
That includes in a current interview with Naija FM, Lagos, Timaya downplayed the host’s try to match his persona with Abdulkareem’s.
The host: “You and Eedris Abdulkareem are among the many artists that individuals are principally afraid of selecting a battle with.”
Timaya inferred: “I don’t speak like Eedris. I don’t behave like him…. No one is afraid of him as a result of he talks an excessive amount of. He has at all times been a talkative.
“I don’t even need individuals to be afraid of me. I respect myself so that individuals will respect me.”
On his relationship with Eedris Abdulkareem, he mentioned, “I’ve by no means had any downside with Eedris. It was only a relationship of the boss and apprentice. I don’t even suppose he is aware of my title at the moment. I solely gave him shutout as a result of he was a part of my success story. We don’t have any motive to speak. Once I was serving in his band, he didn’t had any motive to construct a relationship with me. When individuals are serving you don’t act such as you’re tolerating them, deal with them like household since you don’t know tomorrow.”