Veteran musician Daddy Showkey has expressed his opinion concerning how he stopped DMX and Eedris Abdulkareem from engaging in fisticuffs, during the all African games in 2003.
The Afropop singer revealed this during an interview with Daddy Freeze; “The same thing Eedris did with 50 Cent is what he did with DMX at Transcorp. DMX was ready to confront him. I was among the people that pleaded with him,” he said during the interview.
The Ajegunle born Afro-pop singer who reigned in the late 1990s, also disagrees with Abdulkareem when he said he paved the way for the current celebrities in the music industry.
According to Eedris Abdulkareem “You heard someone like BurnaBoy said nobody helped him in Nigeria. Would you have been a star without some people starting the revolution? That is a stupid talk. You wouldn’t have been where you are if we didn’t make this industry what it is; if we didn’t fight for it. Unfortunately, most of them don’t appreciate it.
“Fighting for the Nigerian music industry affected my career but it was a beautiful sacrifice that gave birth to Davido, Boy, Wizkid, and everybody today. For me, what’s more important is that I have done what God asked me to do and our music is now all over the world. I have opened the road for them. It’s their responsibility to appreciate the fight. And if they don’t, I don’t give a damn.”
