Is Etcetera a problem? - written by Onyeka Ibeanusi

Writer and social commentator, Onyeka
Ibeanusi answers the question y'all are
beginning to ask, is Etcetera good or bad for
the entertainment industry? His article
below...
Many people felt the rude awakening to the
presence and existence of singer cum writer
Etcetera. I got to know about Etcetera in
2008 when I was still in Uniben. I remember a
guitarist friend of mine saying, "Dis guy hold
guitar like who no sabi play am."
Then I heard his songs and saw his videos.
The videos were nice at that time and
Etcetera was on his way to becoming the
male version of Asa. I watched some other
videos from him years later but unfortunately,
Nigerians hardly patronise his genre of music
and Etcetera disappeared.
Now Etcetera is back as a writer and a
columnist hitting Nigerian celebrities harder
than the US is hitting ISIS and to be candid,
the dude is good!
Maybe somebody should have signed Etcetera
and helped him reach the height of his music
career. Perhaps Dj's, Vj's and OAP's shouldn't
have charged him too much and spare
everyone this vocal warfare penned down in
computer fonts. Now Etcetera is here to piss
everybody off.
I remember when Tiwa Savage described him
as 'coma' or 'full stop' and now Freeze is after
him after making very creative and epic
statement like, "The light skin radio presenter
who does the evening show on that Cool
station on the island.’
‘Honey can I turn off the AC before I freeze?"
Charles Novia was enough trouble for Nigerian
entertainers and now Etcetera joins him.
Having both of them around is like fielding
Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi at the same time
in the same team.
Maybe Etcetera should have been a rapper,
because the punch lines this guy drops is just
too much to ignore. Sometimes I imagine him
surfing the internet and laughing hard at
people's reactions and comments whenever
ever he writes.
To save Nigerian celebs from the hands of this
creative terrorist, I think we should call Don
Jazzy to sign him with the responsibility of
releasing 5 albums in 3 years, maybe we will
all have peace by then but since I don't have
that power or the ability to 'retract', 'debunk'
or 'condemn' anyone's opinion, I will just sit
back and wait for his next article.
Onyeka Kerous Ibeanusi
Musician/Writer/Social Commentator