Artiste's Corner (I)- Features Ade Mighty of Kruuz Nation

Hi, welcome on board to the pilot edition of “Artiste’s Corner” with the GDG boss himself, Abdulhafeez T. Oyewole. On this edition, I have with me a crooner and the C.E.O of Kruuz Nation, Ade-Mighty. You will know what the company stands for as we cruise on.

Meanwhile, Ade Mighty is the brain behind songs such as “Low Key”, and his latest featured track, “No Lele”. On Artiste’s Corner, he will be briefing about is musical career, the Nigerian music industry and most importantly the Kruuz Nation’s activities under his watch.

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GDG:- Who is Ade Mighty?

Ade Mighty:- Wow, Mr. GDG, I just wanna say thank you for this grace. About Ade Mighty; I don’t have much to say but my real name is Dada Samuel Adeniyi, popular known as Ade Mighty, a graduate of the Department of Mass Communication and who loves music.

GDG:- What inspired you to becoming a singer/musician?

Ade Mighty:- What brought the inspiration was that I just found myself loving tunes, anything that has to do with music and anything that has to do with sounds. To my surprise, I love different songs to the extent that I have different tribal songs on my phone. And back then in 2010, I later got to realize that since I love music, why not I gave it a shot. That was when I first released my first track Majo Mayo featuring IBY and A-plus. It was a bomb seriously and it was where it started from.

GDG:- There’s a fabulous project or perhaps company you are just cooking up, that is Kruuz Nation; what’s the wisdom behind it?

Ade Mighty:- Wow, Kruuz Nation has been a project that has been on right from 2012, though it was just an abstract project. But thank God in 2014, it’s now becoming a reality.

Kruuz Nation is not all about music, it is all encompassing in terms of entertainment. Kruuz Nation involves photography, video, shooting, event planning and management, and record label.

GDG:- Is there any artist you are or better still Kruuz Nation is promoting currently?

Ade Mighty: Yeah, I have two artists under the label, Kruuz Nation and they are both lovely singers. When you hear their voice, oh my goodness, you will know that they are materials.

GDG:- What does Kruuz Nation sets to offer, having become a record label on its own?

Ade Mighty:- In the music industry, Kruuz Nation is set to lay a legacy. Yeah, we don’t just sing to impact knowledge, we sing to send messages to our fans out there to know that yes, we love what we do best and we keep encouraging people out there to keep doing what they know how to do best.

GDG:- Now, your fans, no doubt, are anticipating Ololufemi, which I have sampled and it was awesome to the ears. And I think it’s a plus to you guys.

Ade Mighty:- Thank you (smiles)

GDG:- So, apart from Ololufemi, what other tracks are you guys still cooking up for your fans and music lovers?

Ade Mighty:- Yeah, we are cooking on a track called “Lokeloke”. It’ll be a love song too but will be a kind of story-like song. Though, it’s L.J, that is Leonard James, that brought the concept and I was like ‘what’s up with this song?’ and he said, it’s a real life story, (but he did not tell me who the story is all about) and he wanted us to do something on it. So, presently, we are working on that track, to be titled “Lokeloke”.

GDG:- Will you be featuring steppers or chorographers that would drop new dancing craze for music lovers’ appraisal or what? Because going by your proposed titled for the track “Lokeloke”, I begin to think in the direction of an innovative song with its dance.

Ade Mighty:- No, it will be a very cool song. It will be more or less like a blues but whose message will be very powerful.

GDG:- Now, let’s talk about your most anticipated track: “Ololufemi” which will soon be out. What’s an inspiration for the track?

Ade Mighty:- Since the inception of Kruuz Nation, I was feeling that we need to do something extra ordinary, do something that would not only catch people physically but catch them emotionally.

That was how the idea of Ololufemi came about and the whole stuff was brought about by Idowu, Hiidee. He was not under my label then, it was L.J who was opportune to meet Idowu and played some sample beats for him and was like “wow, I love this beat, I can do something on it, something marvelous”. L.J now told me about him and I told L.J that “okay, you are free, give him a shot, give him the beat and let’s see what he has to offer”. But fortunately, Hiidee came up with this lovely chorus and seriously, when I heard the chorus, I was like “wow, this is what we have been looking for”. As in, the Yoruba flavour and everything combine in that song. It’s awesome and kudos to Hiidee and L.J, they did a marvelous job there.

GDG:- What will be the likelihood central theme or message of ‘Ololufemi’ to Nigerian entertainment fans when released?

Ade Mighty:- Alright. Ololufemi’s message is all about true love. It is trying to tell us that, when we are in love, we should love with all our heart. When we are in love, we should give our all in all to that love. Then, that you don’t have to cheat, you don’t have to backbite, you love with all your heart and believe me, it pays to love with all your heart. That’s the message behind the song.

GDG:- How would you assess the Nigerian Music Industry?

Ade Mighty:- The Nigerian Music Industry is growing fast. Seriously, from my own point of view, if I am to rank the industry, I will rank it number one, because guys out there are doing a good job. The likes of 2-face, 9ice, Wizkid, Davido, Olamide etc. are doing a marvelous job out there.   

GDG:- With the dynamic nature of the Nigerian Music Industry that you have equally agreed to and buttressed, where will you fit Kruuz Nation to in five years’ time? In other words, would it within this stipulated period of time, be able to compete with other existing recording labels in the industry?

Ade Mighty: Seriously, five years’ time is too ‘big’; let me use the word big. As in, I see Kruuz Nation in two to three years’ time going places. That’s just the truth. I see us having our own structure live in the heart of Lagos. I see us doing a good job and people falling in love with us.

GDG:- What are your advices for your fans and equally the Kruuz Nation fans out there?

Ade Mighty:- My advice to my fans or the Kruuz Nation fans is that, they should keep on with the love, we won’t let them down.

GDG:- Thank you for affording us your quality time, Phowokruuz Ade Mighty.

I’m signing out on this edition of Artiste’s Corner. My name still remains Abdulhafeez T. Oyewole, leaving you in peace and not in pieces.

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