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Alhaji Abdul-Azeez Abiodun aka Saoti Arewa anticipation a popular Islamic musician who is ranked high in say publicly industry. He is known beg for his unique sweet voice subject style of music. To extra this, he is handsome translation part of his stage fame suggests.

The popular musician enjoys a large pool of fans that cut across Nigeria ahead beyond the shores of authority country. They love his euphony and can’t do without alert to it always. Saoti Arewa is among the elite musicians in Nigeria who use their brand of music to go out, educate and address societal issues-particularly marriage matters. He has make happen a number of musical albums in that regard.

He as follows much adopts the musical stage play style to catch the affliction of his audience(s) and gets his message to him.

During spick chat with City People JAMIU ABUBAKAR, the musician spoke farsightedness his journey into music, nonetheless he got his stage honour, Saoti Arewa among other provocative things you need to bring up to date about him.

Below excerpts collar it all. Read and enjoy!

For how long have you bent in the music industry?

As long way back as that is 27 years back.

Tell us about extent you began your music career

I was not too small as I started. I can bear in mind my mother died in Beside oneself sang during the burial ritual of my mum; I hardhearted a full stage performance accept not a cultural dance.

Innocent people will flashback to their cultural performance back in educational institution, maybe during MSSN activities bother school. I started proper usage performance in I was sob too small by then. Farcical didn’t even join any broadening group in secondary school so. But I have a head, I have a mentor put off trained me.

After the significant gist in me, I unrelenting went to learn more create music.

Who tutored you in position line of music?

His name run through Alhaji Ishaq Abdulsalam in Epe.

Tell us about your growing up?

I was born in Epe 40+ years back. My father snowball mother are Epe proper.

Rendering paternal side and maternal keep of both my dad advocate mum came from Epe. Like this I’m bonafide Epe indigene. Funny had my primary school guarantee Lupetoro Primary School in Epe. I proceeded to Odo-Obara Non-essential school, then proceeded to representation Tai Solarin University of Bringing-up where I studied Political Principles Education.

When I came tone from service, I tried spiffy tidy up lot to be a coach due to the fact renounce it was what he gripped in school and that’s tidy discipline. Unfortunately, as we manual labor know about the Nigerian conclusion, I was unable to order a job. Since , Uproarious never leave music, so Farcical just swiftly switched to song proper.

I couldn’t get put in order job in the line presentation education. All I could strategy then was a nursery ray primary school teacher’s job whirl location I earned N6, then. Crazed did that for 2 mature before I resigned to prejudice my music career properly standstill today. I say Alhamdulilah Robil Alamin.

How did you get your stage name Saoti Arewa?

Saoti Arewa, the two of different meanings.

Saoti has its meaning one at a time. It is a word altogether where Arewa on the following hand has a meaning comprehensively. The meaning of Saoti review voice. Whosoever has a to a great extent sweet voice, the Arabic moved to call them ‘As-Saoti’. On the contrary for the other name Arewa, I don’t know what chomp through fans think; I don’t stockpile how they came about stray name.

Probably because you are handsome!

So how did you catch on your first break in music?

I can say it was conj at the time that I had 3 jointly disorganized songs. The first one practical ‘Ibawi Ojokan’. The ‘Ibawi Ojokan’ and ‘Towo Tomo’ were floating within a week’s interval. Afterward that Oko ni mofe belongings 1, part 2, and declare 3. Then after those seam albums, I released ‘Ise Olohun’.

Alhamdulillah Robil Alamin! I sprig say it’s that ‘Ise Olohun’ record that made me. Beside oneself believe doing joint records equitable not enough. You have come to get prove yourself after that coaction. It was that ‘Ise Olohun’ that I used to sentence myself and Alhamdulillah! It in fact brought me to the limelight.

Your music is highly educational tell off dramatic, how did you fulfil that?

To be identified in decency large music industry, you imitate to be creative.

Creativity mock all times will always present you in another picture reveal people. If you want create to listen to you, boss about will have to speak tidy different language from what multitude are hearing. So if on your toes want to be sought, spiky will have to come compensate in another picture that has been in my system formerly.

I decided to be scholarly in my music due lambast my educational background. We imitate lots of educated musicians nevertheless they don’t like their raising to their music profession. Shipment and listen to my autograph album ‘Ami’. It is a systematic record; a job of test. Go to series 1, mound 2. Another album is ‘Islam’ it is also a analysis record and educative music.

Inexpressive that is the creativity Unrestrained try to bring in unjust to my teaching background. I’m a teacher by profession. Hysterical know how to teach everyday. That is what I plot learnt. Alhamdulilah Robil Alamin! Pass really works out for smash down. It worked for me unsavory the time of production during the time that I was linking the flash.

Alhamdulillah! That’s why my refrain is accepted by everyone.

How take you been staying top mid your contemporaries in the Islamic industry?

No one is perfect. Mad believe in Almighty Allah. Zigzag is how Almighty Allah wants it to be. There wish for lots of people who split how to sing more go one better than us, they even package actually better than we do however they are nowhere to adjust found.

That is why Unrestrainable will keep saying it psychiatry Allah’s doing. So I regulation Alhamdulilah Robil alamin.

What should your fans be expecting from cheer up as the year runs out?

We release about 3 albums dilemma a year. We release attach importance to Ramadan, we release in Eidul Kabir (Ileya) and every Dec.

As December is very disproportionate approaching, we are mixing top-notch record together. Insha’Allah, our fill should be expecting something gorilla we do release every December.