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I D Cabasa Opens up on 9ice,Olamide,Reminisce&Being a Pastor
Super producer ID Cabasa has cemented his place in the history of Nigerian mordern music.He was the producer of one of the biggest songs of the last 20 years Gongo Aso by 9ice. I D Cabasa also played big parts in the careers of Rugged Man,Olamide,Reminisce and 9ice.There was a rumored fall out with 9ice which he addressed in this interview with Encomium Magazine..enjoy the excerpts
What happened to the artistes you discovered, the likes of Olamide, Reminisce, etc?
ID Cabasa- Most of those guys have moved on, and I am happy seeing that they are doing pretty fine. Like Olamide, I am happy for him. He’s still close to me, he comes around anytime. I still give him my advice. 9ice he’s doing well, and I believe you can see the impact. Reminisce too, he’s doing fantastically well too.
I am not God, but my work is to discover and nurture them to become great. That’s what I have done, and that’s what I am going to do with the Naija Street Champ.
What do you miss most about them?
ID Cabasa-How would I miss the people I see every time? As I speak with you, they still come around for my advice, even production wise, among others. They’ve gone, they’ve moved on. That’s why I
am part of this show, to discover another talent to nurture. But they still come around. Coded-Tune is like their other home.
You were recently ordained a pastor…
ID Cabasa-(Cuts in) Were you the one that ordained me.
Okay, we learnt. Can you just clear the air on that?
I am a musician, my name is I.D Cabasa, I am also a Christian. I attend a church, that’s all.
Does that mean you’re not a pastor?
ID Cabasa-I have answered your question. If you like, you can go and write that I denied or accepted being a pastor. Na you know.
There are reports that you are back with 9ice. How true is it?
ID Cabasa-How can I be back with 9ice when 9ice has not left me in the first instance?
But officially, your relationship with him has ended.
ID Cabasa-You guys (journalists) should differentiate yourselves from the bloggers. They are not professionals, and most times, they cook up stories, because they want to generate traffic on their sites.
I remember 2-3 years ago, some bloggers reported that they saw me at 9ice’s birthday. Yes, I was there. So, they insinuated that 9ice and I.D Cabasa were back. But the question is, when did we part ways again, that they are now reporting that we are back again. I saw it online, but I and 9ice are not fighting, he’s my brother.
However, I won’t say there is never a time we had disintegration. Yes, there was. That was four years ago, he has moved on.
What led to that disintegration was never known till date. Can you tell us now?
ID Cabasa-You have to ask google (smiles). The truth is, every question has an answer. But it’s not every question you answer.
Should we expect any fresh product between you and 9ice?
ID Cabasa-If 9ice decides to work with me, no problem. I recently did two singles for him, which is yet to be released. May be after his new albums, CNN and GRA. But the truth is, we’re actually working.
How do you feel when people say since 9ice left you, things went down for him?
ID Cabasa-That’s a misconception. I am not trying to be religious, I am trying to be factual. I.D Cabasa didn’t make 9ice. Beyond I.D Cabasa’s beats, there is something that made 9ice. That’s God. I am just a tree that God used, it’s God that made him. We (people) made these guys (9ice and others) to be feeling they are not doing well, forgetting the adage, No king reigns forever. The fact that we are celebrating new guys today doesn’t mean they will last forever. That’s life, my brother.