Richard Chibuzor Orji popularly known as Faze is unarguably one of the hip-hop musicians, making waves in the entertainment industry around us.
In an exclusive interview with JULIET,he talks about
his growing up, music career and upcoming album, which he featured SAUCE KID, an Amercian-based Nigerian artise, who is equally making waves in the music industry over there.
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BACkGROUND
Chibuzor richard Orji, from Delta state in Nigeria, born into the family of nine,six boys boys and three girls.
He is the third born, he studied International Relations and diplomatic studies at Illaro Polytechnic
Q: how come about the name face?
A: if you look into your dictionary,faze means faze, to faze away, but I always put UN in front of it,that is unfaze, it makes me feel fulfilled, so that when I see somebody doing what I am doing and if I see him carrying strength more than I do , it makes me not to get scared, instead it gets me prepared and encouraged.
Q: How would you describe Creative Minds?
A: Creative Minds are those minds that search things within their body to look for what others have not been able to discover. The minds that have the ability to unknown idea and bring it into existence.
Q: What makes you stand out among other artiste?
A: Creativity
Q: Are you saying that other artiste are not creative?
A: I'm not saying that other artiste are creative but what I'm is that ideas and the way I visualise it makes different from other artiste because no other person can do things exactly the way I will do it, that is why my music is different from any other person's own.
Q: Tell me about your recording album
A: My recording album is called Independent Entertainment, and I am very happy and lucky to work with a wonderful team like that,and the crew, we have Odogwu Ifeanyi Orji, my elder brother and the manager,Ifechukwu Orji,who has been at the center of affairs,when it comes to my videos, he is the that connected me to all the people,. We have Eric Udoh, my personal assistant, Ejiro Arere, my protocol guy, we have Rita, James and John, my dancers,they are wonderful people to work with.
Q: As an artiste, what are your challenges?
A: several challenges, if I should start mentioning them, I will keep talking till tomorrow.
Q: which will you consider the toughest?
A: I cannot specify.
Q: How were you able to cope with the challenges?
A: Prayers, looking up to God, believing in my self and hard work.
Q: Apart from your official life, how do you relax?
A: I write songs,I listen to music and stay with one or two of my frie
nds, I do not like crowd. Q: What next should your fans expect from you ?
A: I want to apprecaite them for showing me love my buying my CDs and singing my songs word for word, I appreciate them for that because without them, I will be no where and I will tell them that second time, 3rd, 4th ,5th ,6th, e.t.c. album,I will not disappoint them.
I have another album, coming out very soon,but before then I am having a RE-MIX album called "Independent RE-MIX", I feature Ekwe, I have psykolomental remix, I have tatoo girls which I featured in "SAUCE KID", I did other songs, I did "Loving You Everyda", "You Need Somebody", expect about eight tracks in my album, you guys should watch out for it, you goona see wonderful videos again.
Q: How soon is it coming out?
A: As I am talking to you now,just open that door(pointing), you will see it,that is how soon.
Q: What advice do you have on young people who may want to become an artise without having the basic education?
A: Everyone has his own area of talent, I will advice them to try and if they see the outcome is positive and progressive. They can go ahead with it, if they got the talent.
Q: As in forfetiting their education?
A: They can do that, I am not stopping them from doing that, education is very important, you can have it and if you wanna keep it, it is very important too, but you know, some people do not on it, I have seen a lot of graduates with high certificate walking the street without jobs and most people that do capentry work being successful in life, so it all depends on what your mind is focused on. I am not saying that educationis not important,but money comes from education and everybody is chasing after, I have seen anybody that he is chasing after education, and if that is what benefit him, let him go for it
Q: What do standard of education in Nigeria?
A: It is improving, but I believe it that it can be better.
Q: Do you think it is actually improving,compared to your days in school?
A: Yes, definately, I can see people are getting, then people don't have jobs like now and they were not earning what they were earning what they are suppose to be earning.
Q: Apart from your social life, how do you relax?
A: I write songs, I listen to music and stay with one or two of my friends, I don't like crowd.
Q: Are you in any relationship?
A: Yes I am
Q:About to get marry?
A Not ye, but if God permits,I will, if i have my way tomorrow I will get marry.
Q: What is your favourite meal?
A: I don't have any specific one, but anything African, but it used to be rice and chicken, pounded yam and melon soup.
Q: What is your favourite colour?
A: Black and white, but I can flow with anything so far it matches my skin.
Q: What is it about your ego yhat so many people complain that you are too proud?
A: Who say so? probably because they have not met me one-on-one, that is why, you can ask people around me, I am not the proud type.
pinion about creative minds: "A creative mind can also be called a creator. In the world today we have few creators in the sense that everyone wants to copy but the selected few that dared to standout either in terms of dressing, creation of new ideas and doing the uncommon in order to stand out of the crowd then you can be described as a creative mind because a lot people tend to make you their role model".
olumnist on the Nation newspaper and a youth advocate says: "Creative minds are minds that build. I believe we are all created to be creative. One must be a deep thinker to create..."
e mind is all about bringing a new idea into ways of doing things. Calling those things are not in existence into existence, thereby altering the old fashion of doing things."
said to doing ordinary things in an extra ordinary ways and the mind which can be said as the power house of the body. In my opinion if this two words are merged together, I will say that Creative mind is the mind full of extra ordinary super wonderfully, creatively, magnificient works worthy of emulation and mentorship."
