my names are Yinka James popularly known as Yinka Adonai.
WHAT IS THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE NAME ADONAI?
Mainly I received the name and it means God of triumph
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN DOING MUSIC?
I have been doing music for the past 27 years. i started my own band between 17/18 years ago.
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE MUSIC AS A PROFESSION?
hmmmn.(long pause) Let me blow your minds. music is not a career I can encourage my son or daughter to go into. This is because music id not by power or by wisdom.
SINCE YOU CANT ENCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN TO DO MUSIC. HOW COME YOU CHOOSE MUSIC AS A PROFESSION FOR YOURSELF?
Its not that i really wanted to be a musician. I started as an instrumentalist. As God will have it,I started singing. Music is a very challenging profession. You dont always get everything right in music. Two plus two in music is equal to minus twelve. So,I will tell you that I dont really want to do music,I just discover I ve started singing.
YOU AS A KNOWN FIGURE IN THE JUJU MUSIC SCENE IN THE WORLD. WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES FACED IN THE PROCESS OF ATTAINING THIS HEIGHT?
(smiles)(silence) Challenges are part of life. You will always face one challenge or the other no matter your profession. So, someone needs to struggle to achieve . Putting more effort does not make you the best. My kind of music is more challenging because most marketer avoid Juju artiste because are fan base is limited compare to others.
YOU HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT FOR 16/17 YEARS. WHATS THE DRIVING FORCE ?
Firstly,I will say I like been myself and thats the reason why I am creative and consistent. moreso,I am not a businessman musician but a career musician.
WHAT BRINGS ABOUT 2+2 = -22?
I was only trying to make you known that its no by power or wisdom. les take foe example, there was this musician that sang "Ori o foka sibe" and another guy sang " ori mi oo foka sibe" and people tends to accept "O ri e foka sibe" despite the fact thet is a foul language. so,perfect composition and promotion does not guarantee success of any song. Its God that blesses. you might have it in mind that track two of your album will be the hit,while track seven will be more accepted by fans and it will become the hit. So,thats the reason I said 2+2= -22 in music.
HOW WAS GROWING UP DAYS?
That question makes me smile. My parents were not rich nor poor. when i was growing up, I tend to be a disgrace to my family because how can someone like me be following musicians around and most times I enjoyed staying behind the speakers. so i will say that my parents didnt support me then and that makes it not too easy.
BOSS,WHAT HAS LIFE TAUGHT YOU?
Life has taught me to be creative ,be myself and to put my trust in God only. also life has taught me to be humble and determined.
KINDLY DROP A WORD TO THE UPCOMING GENERATION
My advice is that they should give the future more consideration than the present. they also need to be creative and hardworking. Everyone appreciates the original than the duplicate.
DROP A WORD TO YOUR FANS
To all my fans ,I LOVE YOU ALL and I promise never to disappoint you in anyway. Thank you for your support always.
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