Veteran Nigerian singer, Alexander Akande, popularly known as 9ice, has said that he copied Haitian rapper, Wyclef Jean, in the early days of his career.
He stated that he was not the only Nigerian artist copying Wyclef’s sound back then, but he was better than the rest.
The Photocopy crooner stated this in an interview with SPS.
He disclosed that he stopped copying Wyclef after he discovered his own sound.
He emphasised that his brand of music is a fusion of his major inspirations like Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Bob Marley, Ayinde Barrister, Kwan1 and Pasuma.
The singer said, “My inspiration was Wyclef [Jean]. If anybody listened to me at the beginning, there was a time I was sounding like Wyclef 100 per cent. And there were other people that were sounding like him but they felt that I sounded better than them when it comes to sounding like Wyclef.
“And from sounding like Wyclef, I got to my own original sound. Bob Marley, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Ayinde Barrister, Kwan1, Pasuma and Obesere are the people that I listened to while growing up and they formed my blend in music.”
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