The Only Path To Success In Entertainment—Paul Play Dairo

<h4>The Only Path To Success In Entertainment<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; reproduces&comma; a piece by leading Nigerian musician&comma; singer and songwriter&comma; Paul Play Dairo&comma; which appears the final secret to success in the entertainment industry<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>When myself and late OJB used to dream dreams about getting to the top&comma; I would take a bus to his house in Gbaja&comma; Surulere and we will bring out tapes of Jodeci&comma; Johnny Gill&comma; R Kelly &comma; Boys 2 Men&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We will lock ourselves in one of the classes in his sister’s school just by the house and be screaming our heads off trying to emulate these idols &period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>His mum will call out for him and we will quickly hide the tape and act like we doing something else &period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>His mum doesn’t want to see us trying to hurt our throats&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Music was like plague for their generation &period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;18785" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-18785" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-18785" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;paul-play-300x167&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The Only Path To Success " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"167" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-18785" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em>Paul Play Dairo<&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>We were just caught up by this fire inside us or was it light that we felt the world needed to see &period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We worked &comma; we produced songs and wrote for people and I remember <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">Klass studio in Ojuelegba<&sol;a> &period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>That was our base &period; I don’t want to digress too much&period; Let me get back to my point &period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>While we struggle to get to the top we met along the way fantastic singers &comma; rappers and producers that actually got us thinking twice about this journey we were about to embark on &period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We would talk about them&comma; how good they were and how we could be better than them &period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>At one point&comma; we gave up because we felt there was no way we could be better than these guys &period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>They’re just too good &period; We felt they were going to make it before us &period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>We could bet our lives that these guys would be Megastars but today I am sitting up in my room and thinking about these guys and I’m humbled because they never made it &period; This is not to say they’re not doing it but they never got big &period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>I said to myself &comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote; We made it to the top not because we are better than them but because of the grace of God upon us&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>I respect talented people &comma; I love talented people &period; From what I see out there today &comma; all I just see is more grace and less talent&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>Peace&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;18784" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-18784" style&equals;"width&colon; 299px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-18784" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;12&sol;paulplay-e1289485036113&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The Only Path To Success " width&equals;"299" height&equals;"297" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-18784" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Paul Play Dairo<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;