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| Ooni praying for Olamide |
The Ooni of Ife, Oba
Adeyeye Eniitan Ogunwusi, has counseled rap music star Olamide, to boost the
tunes of his music with traditional instruments and infuse traditional
melodies that will promote the socio- cultural and tourism heritage of the
Yoruba in particular and Nigeria in general.
Ooni said this while
welcoming the YBNL leading man to his palace in Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Oba Ogunwusi told Olamide
that rap music which is his forte urgently needed not only by the Yoruba race
alone, but by Nigeria as a nation because of its being a potent instrument
of passing messages in the form of rhythmically intonated poetry in which words
and language are frequently and exceptionally poetic.
“Your brand of music can
be employed to help teenagers comprehend the Yoruba language, help in its
application and development of our language skill. It is also an instrument to
sell the cultural tourism heritage of the race for the teenager to embrace,
cherish, appreciate and preserve,” the Ooni said.
Eulogising Olamide
further, Oba Ogunwusi noted, “You are a pride of the Yoruba race. You have
stylishly entered into the rap – hip hop music world and tilted its scale
of balance by maintaining excellence benchmark which is not only plausible
but enviable. You have in excellent form filled the vacuum which would have
been left in place after the death of an older rapper.”
The Ooni later prayed for
Olamide.
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