Starting out music some years back while in college in a little town called Penbroke in North Carolina (United States), Poe had a dream and that dream was to become a household name in the Nigerian Music Industry after his return to home.
Poe is back in Nigeria now and well on his way to achieving that goal. Having dropped a couple of breathtaking songs, cementing it with some dope collaborations and receiving positive nods from well respected rappers such as M.I Abaga, SDC and the rest, Poe‘s journey to greatness is quite evident for all to see and it’s no surprise that he is beginning to get the credit that he deserves.
Mr. Poe, how are you doing, bro?
I’m good, thank you.
Well done on the hustle. We see every.
It’s a pleasure, Bro.
Can we know more about the man – Poe?
To be honest with you, I think there’s not much to talk about in that aspect. Born and raised in Lagos, fortunate enough to study abroad at some point but to be honest with you, this is my home and I’m happy to be making music and putting it out from here. We wanna make music for the rest of the world.
Now, this music thing; when did it all start?
It started in School abroad and that was a great place for me to start. I finished high School here in Nigeria and now went abroad. I was in a small town called Penbroke in North Carolina in the United States. I was all with my books, some friends and music. So, it was a great time for music to start because it was my focus, it kept my sanity in the middle of nowhere. I was also studying at the same time. I’m happy it started there.
You majored in Chemistry and Biology for your first degree and Business Administration for your MBA. With all that, were your parents really supportive of your music career when it all started? And what about now?
I didn’t really get their support at the beginning and in fairness to them, they didn’t know about it. I kept it as a secret away from them for a while. It was when I graduated that I played a song and my Mum was like “This voice sounds like Ladipo’s” and then my Dad was like “It can’t be”. He listened to it again and was like “What, why didn’t you tell me you were into music?”. They’ve been very supportive ever since. I have fulfilled all requirements as regards to academics and those degrees are not going to waste as I’m gonna use it for everything I do in music to be sustainable.
How exactly has the music journey been so far?
Ermmm, there’s no journey without obstacles, bumps and all that and this journey is the same. It has not been the smoothest of journeys but we are still here, still on that road. So that means we must be getting somewhere.
There are a lot of pappers and your peers out there who have given high recommendations to your brand. Even M.I went on Channel O to say a lot about you. What exactly are you doing to match up the expectations?
I respect the fact that those things are said about me and it means a lot to get recognition from your peers but at the same time, it really has no bearing on what I do. Asides from that, I still make the music I make and put out the content I wanna put out and I feel that if they like what I have done in the past, then they will definitely like the new one. I don’t allow it to have any real bearing on the music I make. It is what it is and I have a lot of respect for M.I Abaga because of the attention he has been able to bring to rap music. In terms of matching people’s expectations, I don’t think about that. I make music for the fans and if they love it, I’m okay.
I know a couple of songs of yours but I’d like to ask – Officially, how many songs do you have out there?
To be honest with you, there’s a lot of music I’ve worked on a lot of music. Some of them have not seen the light of the day. While I was in School, I worked on 2 albums with the guys I started making music with. When I got to Nigeria, I started working on a project with Ikon called “Above All Expectations”. Some things slowed that down and those tracks are still there. So, there is a lot of content but this year 2015, people are going to see content and consistency. They will experience the TAP movement in full force.
It's been nice talking with you POE, we wish you all the best in the industry
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