“I wanted people to see me as a rude boy” – Timaya

Singer Timaya, also known as the “Egberi Papa
One of Bayelsa,” had a few interesting things to
say in an interview with Punch Newspaper. He
spoke about a couple of things, ranging from
his music, his baby-mama, his daughters, and
his dreadlocks, which according to him was
aimed at making him look RUGGED.
According to him, he has two lovely daughters
from the same baby-mama, who made him
promise not to have another baby-mama
besides her. Speaking about his dreadlocks, he
said: “My dreadlock was a strategy. I wanted
people to see me as a rude boy. I couldn’t
have been giving all those troubles with a calm
and clean face. I wanted a look that would
associate with it. Now, people come to me
and I smile.”
“I was happy I was controversial and I was
being talked about. I used to struggle to be
known before then and I desperately wanted to
be known. Finally, they started talking about
me. People felt I was troublesome. Some felt I
was controversial. Even those who didn’t know
my music knew my name. When I had got
what I wanted, I felt it was time for me to
rebrand.”