'Bang!' by Dasuki

"Amazing: Over 3years of Boko Haram madness and till now, NOT ONE of our so called top musicians have deemed it an issue worth talking about.       As for government...well, who cares that over 40 children have been killed while in their schools TWICE by this sect- we have more important issues like celebrating 100years of abject disappointments to focus on!" - Dasuki

Alright ladies, stop staring into Chuka’s one-in-a-million eyes and let’s concentrate on Chuka’s bang… I mean Chuka’s song ‘Bang’ *rolls eyes*.

 Esther: Tell us about 'bang'!

DASUKI: Growing up, music was the way awareness was spread. All the music that is still relevant today bore one form of message or another. Unfortunately making such music seems to have become a lost art- and the reason isn’t too far to see.  

Making music with a message requires actually sitting down to PLAN what you want to say and how you want to say it. But in this instant gratification generation, very few artistes want to be the one saddled with that responsibility. They’re too busy trying to make a “hit” rather than pass a message across. We live in a selfish generation and it shows in our musical expressions. And that’s why the music never lasts- give today’s hit songs 6months and they become “oldies”. Meanwhile music Fela released before we were born still get healthy spins today and will still be relevant tomorrow.

Esther: May we know you? I know you used to be in a Rap group...

DASUKI: I go by the name DaSuKi, and yes I belong to a group called the Kalifate. We’re still together, but music is no longer one of our priority projects.

The only reason I decided to return to rap (and music in general) was because nobody was talking about these issues. Our “superstars” seem to be too busy fighting for endorsements and doing songs about balling and shaking backsides to care that week in week out hundreds of Nigerians die. It’s been on for almost four years now and in a country of over 10thousand artists dropping hundreds of songs everyday, it’s quite shocking that such an important issue has never been considered worth discussing on songs. Maybe they’re waiting for a few of them (artists) to die at the hands of Boko Haram before they consider it worth singing about.

Esther: This is a good initiative! How do you think we can make this bigger and make it spread farther? We have to do more about these Bombings and I believe 'music communicates'. We can spread a message that will cause a change.

DASUKI: The only way so far seems to be to find other selfless Nigerians who can help push this song and spread it as far as they can, because due to the delicate nature of the subject, practically no corporate organization is willing to risk associating themselves with it. So it’s up to the “you’s and I’s” of this nation- people who care.

But now, those who want relevant music finally have a choice.

Esther: Where can we download the song?

DASUKI: The song is now on a number of blogs; just google “ BANG Dasuki ft MOSA & Col. Emeka Ojukwu”, and a number of blogs where you can download the song will pop up. You can also download it here using this link- https://db.tt/6XOJxqQx

The full album is a FREE DOWNLOAD and drops on May 30 2014.

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