FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT NIGERIAN CELEBRITIESOver
the years I have the chance to work, socialize and be close friends
with a whole lot of Nigerian celebrities from all sectors of the
Entertainment Business. Be it Actors and Actresses, Musicians,
Producers, DJs, Comedians, Fashion Designers, Producers and Directors,
Models, Photographers, Writers and even Dancers.
When I am
talking of celebrities, I am refering to the "A Class" who is who in
their respective fields. As I am currently typing this, I can count
nothing less than 186 of them I have on my BlackBerry contact and get to
see at least 5 each week on a crucial business or social discussion as
it maybe.
I have noticed that Nigerians have a very wrong
perspective about their stars and as such also believe every single
thing they read in the tabloids and hear on the news.
In order to
cut a very long story short, below are some of the things Nigerians
should know about their celebrities before getting envious or jealous of
them.
* Even after coming from Grass to Grace so many of them
still do thing that will take them back to Grass - How else can you
explain when someone who barely has N2million in his account takes loan
of N15million from a Finance lending us "on the ground of public figure"
to acquire a single car of N8million, spends N3million to shoot his hit
singles and in less than 2 months this same person is complaining of
being extremely broke and looking for other means to collect another
loan without settling the first.
Most of Nigerian celebrities
live on VERY FAKE LIVES. They are only as rich as the car they drive and
nothing else. There's this particular celeb that's stays in a uncle`s
house in Lekki. This celeb made a public stunt claiming ownership of the
house and the 2 exotic cars being used to cruise around. Unknown to the
public, this celeb's uncle is the owner of the house and cars but
because he is based overseas, he gave this particular celeb the keys to
the house and car only for the celeb to paint a fake life claiming
ownership of the properties.
There's this other young celeb
who 2years back was a big name in the entertainment industry. This celeb
was so big that under 6months of coming into limelight, was given
several awards and toured different countries. This celebrity was so
wasteful that he acquired a single automobile of N5.5million then while
still squarting with a cousin. After he had a scuffle with his cousin,
he moved in with a very good friend in his 2 bedroom apartment on the
mainland. Neighbors had to report to the landlord of the house to evict
the "main tenant" because as they put it, this particular celeb crawls
night every single day and doesn't know the difference between night and
day as a plays songs so loudly in the house and car that the effect is
felt even 2 building away. When the main occupant was given the option
of evicting the house or sending this celeb out, he chose the lather
which saw the celeb moving into a room and parlour apartment in the
outskirt of town. He was forced to go underground when he was being
chased all over by people he owed and at a point, one of his close
friends had to seize his only asset (the car) because he couldn't keep
waiting on the promises of the day to be paid. Until other friends
intervened before the car was given back to the Celeb.
This
particular one is very handsome, a smooth talker and dresses very well.
He is believed to be one of the richest in his field because he changes
cars at least every other month. Unknown to the general public, all
those cars except the very first car he bought which he gave to a friend
to be using are all on lease. He was introduced by one of his
girlfriends to a very big car dealer in town who agreed to always give
him latest and exotic ride only on the condition that he will refer as
many celebs as possible to come purchase their cars from the car dealer.
This
is definitely going to shock a whole lot of people but it is a known
fact to the "inner caucus" that 6 out of every 10 Nigeria reigning
celebrities always act as Fronts for politicians, government workers and
top rated fraudsters to help launder money overseas.
A lot of this
celebrities (majority of them who are females) get between 5-15% of the
toatal money to be laundered abroad. This explains why even when most of
them have nothing to prove for their continuous travels overseas, they
just never get to stop traveling. They always lie to the press they are
on "tour" to about 6 countries at a go and people in those countries
can't attest to them coming over for any performance. but the truth is
they help this politicians and government workers stack away money.
Don't
Be Glad You Have A Celebrity On Your Contact - If you have one notable
celebrity on your Blackberry contant it is stressful enough most
especially when the person is a musician or producer. Having more than
one can be killing. Most of these celebrities are the worst broadcasters
you can find on earth. A lot of them will send meaningless broadcast of
shows they are not performing at or events they suggest you go to as
early as 5:30am and as late as 2am. They usually don't know that even
though their job keeps them on the road till that late at night, others
with a different job type just will be sleeping at those odd hours.
There
is this particular celeb that stays on a service flat on the Island and
he particular told me he pays 6digits in DOLLARS per annum for the rent
of his apartment. The sad thing is he NEVER allows his family members
comeover to his apartment. His younger brother who earlier this year
relocated to Lagos with the believe that he will wine and dine with his
notable celeb of a brother was shocked to his marrows when the very day
he came, his brother sent him to one of their other brothers place in
the outskirt of Lagos with the excuse that his brother was going to be a
distraction to his career. Whereas the truth his, he is trying to hide
the extremely flamboyant lifestyle he is currently living. He basically
gives his family a paltry sum in the name of upkeep whereas spends
heavily on women, drinks, clothes (and hard drugs. Don't tell anyone I
told you this).
