Brain
Revealed His Fantasy!!!
He’s fast climbing the success with
the wide acceptance and heavy airplay his debut single “So Crazy”received. Naija’s
hottest upcoming rap star christened Adeleke
Matanmi Victor aka BRAIN; the
first son of a humble family of four children from Ogun State. The final year
undergraduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University speaks about his versatility,
passion and preparations to take over the airwaves in this interview. Excerpts…
You just came back from Ghana for a
major performance how was it?
It was an awesome and wonderful
experience I had at the Ghana meet Naija show, where I had the chance to rub
shoulder with likes of Don Jazzy, DR
Sid, Wizkid and so many other
Ghana artistes at the backstage. I really loved the reception I got from them
all, they welcomed me as soon as they discovered I am also from Nigeria.
When and how did you start music?
For me music is a passion and it runs
in the blood, my father also loves music and plays music whenever he’s around,
my brother is a professional dancer and my younger sisters are choristers in
the church. It started when I was in the secondary school, where I would sing
for my classmates to cheer me until I joined a group in 2005 where I did my
first recording.
In my first year in school I went for
an event to perform and was denied at first, but people that had seen me
performed requested I must perform and when I did my performance eventually
became the high point of the event and from that day on; no looking back for
me.
What difference are you out to make
in the music industry?
I am original and true to myself, my
voice texture, the way I rap and sing brings out the uniqueness in me. I am
also a versatile with my kind of songs; I can even sing reggae and the likes.
And I listen to different songs from great personalities like legendary Fela
Anikulapo, Evang. Ebenezer Obey, Sir Shina Peters and so many others. With the
blend of all of these great musicians it helps me avoid being stereotypic with
my songs. I am signed to Magikal
Entertainment with a debut
single‘So Crazy’ and
my two videos “What You
Looking At” and “Lu Badi” shot my MattMax will soon be on the screen for
viewers pleasure. “Lu Badi” is a song with a fun theme where one
is just having staring at a pretty lady and “What
You Looking At” is announcing
my arrival as the next big thing in the Naija’s rap stage.
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| Brain with models on his video shoot set |
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| Mattmax with Brain |
How are you coping combing music and
education?
Combining education and music is not
so easy because music is quite jealous; you have to create quality time to
write and record meaningful songs, perform at events and do a lot of other
things that being an artiste entails. But to the glory of God I have been able
to balance the two without conflicting each other. What I do majorly is to
study when I am supposed to be and also to do music during the time allotted to
it. So it gives little or no time to play around.
What influence your lyrics or what
inspires you to write?
I’m greatly influenced by happenings
around me because I tried to be as realistic as possible with my songs.
Are your songs also the regular
“commercial” music we are presently experiencing from many young Nigerian acts?
My songs are surely not the regular
“noise making” as I sometimes see it. Songs are most times meant to address
societal issues or used a medium to pass out messages. In as much that I want
to do the regular party or feel-good dongs, I still want to pass out message to
young people out there, just like my coming single “Take It Easy”. The song
addresses the issue of young people wanting to make fast money without working
hard. Commercial songs to me are songs that allow an artiste to cross over his
original genre and not just noise making or ass shaking songs. Laugh!
Who are the artistes or producers you
are looking forward to work with?
A whole lot of artistes and producers
because you have to make different tunes that appeals to a wide audience to
last in this industry. And I’m hoping to work with great personalities like 2face, Don Jazzy, elDee, Tiwa
Savage and many more.
Do you have any Nigerian female celeb
you have a huge crush on?
Yes of course! I’m a huge fan of Beat
FM Toolz.
You kidding me! Why Toolz?
Sure I’m not. Toolz is one woman I
respected her hustle and rise to the top of her game within her short entry
into the Nigerian entertainment scene. She’s done very well for herself and
aside all these; she’s cute and well endowed like a typical African
queen. Lol.
What’s the passion that drives you?
First of all it’s God and the fact
that what I have is a talent given to me by God and it is meant to be an
instrument to touch lives. So I don’t see myself doing anything else besides
music and I am ready to go all the way, giving all that it requires to touch
lives with my music. I am also passionately driven by reaching people and
affecting them positively. Also with the philosophy that life is not a bed of
roses and tears of thorns; it’s simply a mixture of the good, bad and ugly. You
can’t eat your cake and have it.
What should Naija expect from Brain?
Expect a lot for me because Brain is here to stay, change the game and
take over. I also want them to keep supporting me and look out for my
songs and video that will be out soon.
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