Imelda Ada Okwori, aka Imelda J, can surely be in the
list of the hottest Afro pop singers in Nigeria. She joined the music
industry several years ago, and carved a niche for herself. However,
Imela J has been in the centre of a couple of controversies.
The singer has allegedly had a romance with Governor Gabriel Suswan of Benue state. Her recent work is a new song, Jisoro. She is about to start full promotion of the single.
In a recent interview with Vanguard’s Iyabo Aina, the pop diva opens up on relations with Jaywon, an ex-Kennis music star, and her joint projects with Obesere, the Fuji king. She also reveals her feelings towards D’banj the Koko master and her attitude to sex.
Read the extracts from the interview below:
“Unlike other singers who started from their church choristers, music runs in my family. My mum was into music. She had a musical group while she was in secondary school. When I was growing up, she saw the talent in me and helped me to nurture it. But unknown to many, I started singing before I joined the choir.”
“Jaywon and I were not friends. We were like normal day to day friends but people didn’t understand and when the rumour surfaced, his crew handled it in a very poor and immature way. Their reactions were negative as they went about writing so many things about me. I felt bad but at the end, I just let go and I’ve forgiven them from the bottom of my heart.”
“When I wanted to release my song title “Bread and Butter”, I was scammed to sign an agreement with a company which later turned out to be fraud and that actually discouraged me then from releasing the song.
“So as a female artiste, we face a lot of challenges everyday because I can’t even remember my most touching experience anymore because I have had a lot of it and it’s like an everyday thing for me. But for one thing, I never give up.”
The singer has allegedly had a romance with Governor Gabriel Suswan of Benue state. Her recent work is a new song, Jisoro. She is about to start full promotion of the single.
In a recent interview with Vanguard’s Iyabo Aina, the pop diva opens up on relations with Jaywon, an ex-Kennis music star, and her joint projects with Obesere, the Fuji king. She also reveals her feelings towards D’banj the Koko master and her attitude to sex.
Read the extracts from the interview below:
About entering the world of music
“It started while I was in the university. I was the choir mistress during my secondary school days. I entered for many competitions and won laurels. When I got admission into the university, I tried to visit the studio. I was with Nelson Brown I went to the studio for the first time in Lagos. That was some six years ago when I was still an undergraduate.“Unlike other singers who started from their church choristers, music runs in my family. My mum was into music. She had a musical group while she was in secondary school. When I was growing up, she saw the talent in me and helped me to nurture it. But unknown to many, I started singing before I joined the choir.”
The Queen of Afro pop, Imelda Ada Okwori aka Imelda J
Completed projects
Imelda J has several singles during her six years in the industry: ‘My Love for You’ feat. OJB Jezreel (it brought the first international award to her), ‘Jisoro’, and collaborations with Jaywon, Phenom, Side One, K-Solo and some others. Her collaboration with Obesere started when the up and coming singer felt like “delving into Fuji music”.Relationship with Jaywon
“I didn’t have any problem initially with Jaywon until mouth started wagging that we were dating. People around me started misbehaving and Jaywon started saying all kinds of things, confirming that he was having an affair with me. But its maturity that matters here.“Jaywon and I were not friends. We were like normal day to day friends but people didn’t understand and when the rumour surfaced, his crew handled it in a very poor and immature way. Their reactions were negative as they went about writing so many things about me. I felt bad but at the end, I just let go and I’ve forgiven them from the bottom of my heart.”
About the most touching experience in life
“I’ve had so many touching experiences, and someday I will share my story with the world . This is because I’ve seen a whole lots of things in my life. Being an artiste, you are faced with a situation where you cannot help and not even your money.“When I wanted to release my song title “Bread and Butter”, I was scammed to sign an agreement with a company which later turned out to be fraud and that actually discouraged me then from releasing the song.
“So as a female artiste, we face a lot of challenges everyday because I can’t even remember my most touching experience anymore because I have had a lot of it and it’s like an everyday thing for me. But for one thing, I never give up.”
The craziest thing in Imelda J’s career
“I think that was when I used my first school fees to buy a keyboard and that was during my university days. Funny enough, my dad didn’t get angry at me. According to him, he knew I was going to do that. That is the craziest thing I’ve ever done.”The only male celebrity crush is…
Imelda J’s admires D’Banj: “Reason being that I love him and because he is very focus. D’Banj is a superstar who looks beyond the music industry. He dares even when it might fail and those are the qualities that attracted him to me including his lips. I think he’s a spirit-filled kind of person like me. I don’t mind having a relationship with him.”The man of Imelda J’s dreams
“I love freedom and being happy. I don’t like someone who is domineering. For instance, if you are the kind of man that wants to go out and play snookers or football. As long as it is going to give you happiness and it’s not going to cause you any harm, I have no reason to stop you. Equally, if you know my music is my source of joy, my man should be able to support me financially and otherwise. He should be there for me. If he’s not well-to-do, I know he does not have but if he does, I know he should be there for me. If I want to go to the studio and the man is not allowing me, he is not my kind of man.”About the meaning of sex
“To me, sex is highly spiritual because if I don’t love someone I cannot kiss the person. But something happened sometimes ago when a male fan kissed me on stage. I believe sex is more divine than the way people see it. I respect sex a lot and I think it should be sacred.”
Source: Naij news
