Tiwa Savage Is Not My Rival – Seyi Shay

In a chat with the Punch, Oluwaseyi Joshua, aka. Seyi
Shay talks about creating an identity for herself in the
music industry and her rivalry with Tiwa savage..

Read excerpts below..
“I think the hardest thing is finding your identity. It
took me two years to come up with Murda. Murda
recently knocked Dorobucci off the top spot on the
Naija Top 20 list. I never imagined having a song
that would do that to a Don Jazzy song. But it
happened. It took two years to achieve this, but it
happened. This means that my dual identity in that
video and song are obvious. Music fans have
begun to identify with me.”


On Tiwa Savage
“I think people can see the difference between us
now. The reason I don’t see Tiwa as a rival is
because I know who I am. I know that I’m very
much a fun-loving person. I’m still the woman of
the world that many people know. I really don’t
care about the things that are not going to affect
me in a positive way. If it’s not going to affect me
in a positive way, I don’t focus on it or think about
it.

“The difference is that I am deeper into the ragga
stuff than she is. She portrays herself as
somebody that is a cautious RnB artist, which she
is. But I see myself as a commercial and carefree
spirit. I don’t know her to that extent, so I can’t
really speak about her. But I feel that Murda is my
vibe and her vibe is her vibe.”