You already know that Nigerian gospel singer, Kenny St Best, who took on
Wande Cole's controversial song, Go Low's video, won the case as the
musical video was banned a few days after that declaration.
As
you're reading this now, the former wife of Asiodu Brown, KSB has
challenged the Performing Musician Association of Nigeria, over the
body’s inability to regulate the content of music videos being released
by its members.
The singer also said the decadence portrayed in the videos was assuming a terrible dimension.
Hear
her opinion, “the fact that every industry has a body that governs and
checks its activities and the music industry has none has made it an
all-comer affair. Nobody is regulating us. PMAN has failed in itself. If
the body is doing its job properly, it is not in my place to fight it.
But I will make noise and criticise my colleagues openly. It is getting
terrible.”
It will be recalled that the petite artiste recently
caused a stir on Twitter when she challenged the Marvin Crew boss, Don
Jazzy, over the semi-nudity in Wande Coal’s music video, Go Low.
Although
the video was banned shortly after, KSB has come under attack from fans
and critics who felt that she went a step too far.
In defence,
she says, “It was not a personal attack. I had to reach out to Don Jazzy
because he is a big guy in the industry and so people will naturally
follow him; more so Wande Coal is an artiste under his label. If I don’t
make it a duty to speak out as a woman and practitioner them I have
failed, I had to speak out on Twitter to my colleagues because I felt it
is a better forum, even if they do not get to read it, their followers
will read and re-tweet. NBC should wake up. It is not until a video has
been well played and thoroughly digested that the regulators should now
act.”
KSB also says the power to stop the trend also lies in the hands of TV stations.
“If
the NBC cannot nip this trend in the bud, then the TV stations should
set up a department to screen the videos before they hit the screen.
There must be a penalty. It is getting too bad and has an effect on
children, women and men. Little wonder there is an increase in rape
cases,” she concluded.
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