Yemi Alade Talk Back at Critics Who Say She Owes Her Success To Tiwa Savage

Some critics have however laid claim to
the fact that Yemi had a great year only
because Tiwa Savage was on a
maternity break from the music scene.
In a recent chat with Hip TV, Yemi, speaks
about her first Headies award, Tiwa Savage
being a threat and her upcoming album

Mama Africa.
ON WINNING THE ‘REVELATION OF THE YEAR’ AWARD
AT THE 2015 HEADIES AWARDS:
“I finally have a Headies award in my house.
it’s been a while now. It’s high time I had a
Nigerian award in my house,” she said as she
chuckled.
ON WHETHER SHE FEEL SHE HAS GOTTEN TO A LEVEL
IN HER CAREER WHERE SHE CAN NOW RELAX SINCE
SHE HAS GAINED A LEVEL OF PROMINENCE IN THE
INDUSTRY:
“No, the grind is different. “If before the grind
was on the street, the grind is in the sky [now].
“Imagine walking against gravity and
everything against you. It’s different, it’s deep.”
ON THE STRATEGIES SHE HAS IN PLACE TO
MAINTAIN THE STANDARDS SHE HAS NOW:
“The strategy hasn’t changed. It’s still the
same thing, just in a different magnitude.
“[We’ll] continue doing the simple things we’ve
always done and try to bring in the extra, put
God first and have a creative team. Renew
them, refresh them, that has been the strategy,
it hasn’t changed.”
ON CRITICS WHO SAY TIWA SAVAGE’S BREAK FROM
THE MUSIC SCENE GAVE THE NAGODE HITMAKER A
CHANCE TO SHINE, A CHANCE SHE WOULD SOON
LOSE NOW THAT TIWA SAVAGE HAS RETURNED:
”Opinions are opinions, does that even make
sense in normal English terms. I don’t see how
that makes sense. Sounds like a joke. I’m I
supposed to laugh now”