Jude Abaga, popularly known as MI, is arguably one of the most sort-after rappers in the Nigerian Music Industry, however, there are sides to the “one Naira” crooner that is unknown to many.
During a recent Live Chat on popular social media platform, Instagram with Ubi Franklin, MI made it known that he wished to tell jokes at popular comedy events.
He said, “Everybody thinks I am very funny. However, one joke got me into trouble recently. People around me think I am funny. Comedy is not always about the joke; it’s also about the timing and delivery. One of my secret goals is to tell jokes at a stand-up comedy show. I know it’s going to be bad, but it’s to just go on stage and tell those jokes and see what happens. If I mess up, then so be it.”
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During the Live Chat, MI Abaga also related to a past incident that occurred when his music career took flight. He mentioned that his computer ‘crashed’ when he first produced the songs on his debut album, ‘Talk About It’.
“My system crashed when I wanted to record my first album so I had to go over it again and reproduced everything. I produced everything on the ‘Talk About It’ album apart from ‘Fast money, Fast cars’ with Wizkid. It came out and all of a sudden, people started praising me,” he said.
MI also revealed that he could have beaten Banky W to a record deal to sign Wizkid when the ‘Come Closer’ singer started out in the industry.
He added, “I knew Wizkid first and I think Banky W had heard him on a song (too). Wizkid was much focused when we started working. When I met him, I thought we could have given him a record deal and Wizkid would have taken it back then. However, you have to remember that this was before Chocolate City had any clout. I couldn’t sign him because Jesse Jagz and Ice Prince hadn’t ‘come out’.”