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6. Who/What/Where do you guys draw your inspiration from?
We draw a lot of inspiration, first from ourselves because we have a lot of
drive. However sometimes when one of us is slacking behind, the other
tries to lift the spirit and ensure that the drive is there.
Musically, we have lots of artists that we listen to and a lot of people that
we study. In Nigeria we draw inspiration from our boss “Don Jazzy”,
because he is a very intelligent, spiritual and calculated person and he
has taught us a lot during our journey so far. We also learn a lot from
production and making music.
Then mostly we draw inspiration from God, the vibes around us and the
people around us as well in a positive way because we are very allergic
to negative vibes and negative people. At the end of the day positivity
drives us.
the Government might start taking it seriously but we think they should
start from now because at the end of the day when they start taking it
seriously, every youth is going to benefit from it.
10. How can readers connect with you guys online and/or offline?
You can hit us up on our social media platforms:
Instagram/Twitter: itz_dna
Facebook: DNA Twins @DNAOFFICIAL
You can reach us personally through our management contact on our
social media pages.
7. Tell us about one of the projects you guys worked on or activities you
engaged in that really made you guys believe in yourselves...no matter
how small.
Features
Artiste Spotlight: DNA
The music industry is arguably the largest on the continent with most
of the best musical talents across the continent coming out from
the country, talking about the likes of Tiwa Savage, Wizkid, Davido,
D’banj, Don Jazzy, Olamide and so much more. However whilst we
celebrate the already established musicians, we also would like to
shine the light on the talented and hardworking upcoming musicians
who are fast growing to become the next musical Gold in the
continent. It is in this light that we met up with the DNA Twins whom
we highly consider to be arguably the best young musical sensations
in the country. They sing, they dance, they act, and we believe this
exclusive interview will help you understand the intricacies of being a
young, upcoming talent in the entertainment industry.
- By Akpobome Otobrise
We would say the GLO X-Factor back in 2013. The plan wasn’t actually to
go for it but we just decided to take the risk and when we did, we saw the
love and support we got from it. We actually knew before then that we
wanted to do music but that just stamped it for us. Another one would
be way back in high school when we represented our school in music
amongst numerous schools from around the country and then we went
on to win the competition even though students from other schools were
pretty good. These two incidents were key moments for us that made us
confirm that we actually needed to do music full time.
8. What opportunities are you guys looking for or open to taking
advantage of?
Business opportunities, music business opportunities like huge
endorsement deals, good musical collaborations, massive shows. Talking
about collaborations, we just dropped a song with Mayorkun. The visual
for the song is out and we think you would love it if you already haven’t
seen or listened to it yet. So go check it out.
9. What do you guys think about youth empowerment? How can the
Nigerian youth be empowered?
This is a wide topic though but empowerment is basically from the mind,
so the youth need to be empowered to have a very positive mind-set
towards working hard and to go for whatever they want, because in the
end you can have great thoughts but if you don’t make a move towards
them, then they just remain thoughts.
Some Nigerian youths just always want to blame the government for “this
and that” but truth is, it all starts with us. What change do you want to
see in your life? What move do you feel you can make to change your
situation? Instead of just sitting down waiting for the government to do
what you’re supposed to do for yourself, why not try to help yourself first
because opportunities mostly come to those that are prepared for it.
1. What are your full names?
Blair Roberts and Clinton Roberts
2. Do you have an alias (that is, an a.k.a.)? If yes what is it?
DNA
3. In one sentence, tell us about your music.
DNA signifies the musical connection between us. Our music is basically
happy music, chilled music and sometimes conscious music.
4. How did you guys get started in music?
We have been singing for a long time now. We started out in high school
singing in the church choir and then we went for the GLO X-Factor reality
TV show which brought us to the limelight and praise be to God, now
we’re here.
5. We all face challenges. What challenges have you guys faced so far as
music artists?
One of the challenges we have experienced so far is the fact that there are
a lot of artists in the world and in the country, so trying to make sure
that we differentiate our sound and music from every other artiste is a
challenge. However it’s a good challenge because it makes us want to
work harder to understand our craft better.
Then another challenge is the fact that people have a whole lot of
expectations from us and sometimes even ten times more than what
we have within ourselves but in the end it helps make us work harder
to want to meet up to these expectations. We can’t always meet those
expectations, so in the end we just go at the pace we know best and just
leave the rest to God.
However, there are a whole lot that the government can do to empower
youths, like in music, lots of money is being made and lots of youths can be
empowered through entertainment. For example, when producing a song,
the producer is most likely going to be a youth, when shooting the video,
almost everyone on set are young people that are hungry for success as
there are young people in every sector of music from set designers to the
make-up artists and more. So the government can actually invest into
entertainment and take it a little bit more serious than they currently are
because it is actually one of Nigeria’s goldmines. We don’t know if they
have noticed it yet but the entertainment industry is actually very big and
few years from now, people are going to see how massive the Nigerian
music and entertainment industry is going to become. Maybe at that time
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