The radio station turned down my music, 9ice’s, because we sang in Yoruba’ – Reminisce.

Indigenous rapper Remilekun Abdulkalid Safaru, better known as Reminisce, recently reminisced about his initial setback in the music industry. The ‘King Of Boys’ luminary shared that his first significant rejection occurred when a radio station turned down his and singer 9ice’s CDs due to their predominant use of the Yoruba language in their music.

In a recent interview with Zikoko, Reminisce recounted the experience, stating, “My first major rejection was with 9ice on the Island at a radio station where we went to submit our music CDs for airplay, and the feedback we got was that we would never make it.”

He continued, “They said 9ice was singing like Babalawo [native doctor] because he sings in Yoruba. The other guy told me, ‘Why am I rapping like a buffoon? Can’t I see Ruggedman?’ He said that we should both go back and look for something to do with our lives and be better. That was my first major rejection. I will never forget it, even 9ice, I’m sure he hasn’t forgotten it.”