Fatherhood Has Been Awesome & Made Me Humble –Terry G

Gabriel Oche-Amanyi, popularly known as
Terry G who is known for his weird style
has taken up a new character.
It is normal for an artiste to rebrand at
some point in his or her career. For the
once self acclaimed Gingah Master, Terry G,
real name Oche Amanyi, that time is now.
After serenading fans and flooding the
Nigerian music scene with his weird and
wild persona, addictive auto-tune laced hits
like ‘Testing Microphone’ and ‘Free
Madness’, the singer, producer and music
video director is carving out a new image
for himself.
Apart from the fact that he now wishes to
be referred to as Honourable Terry G, the
Chaante Chante singer now possesses a
calmer mien, which is evident in his
response and disposition to questions
posed to him by this correspondent.
For the 27-year-old singer, who has a son
from his lover, Mimi Omoregbe, late last
year, it is safe to say that becoming a father
for the first time has given him a different
outlook of life.
“Having a kid has a lot to do with it.
Sometimes you see life in a different way.
You perceive it in another way another
time. When I had a kid, I saw so much
value in my life and the future. I became
humbled and developed the mindset that
anything that has to do with my future
must automatically involve my son as well. I
started changing a lot of things and it
actually scared a lot of negative friends
from me. It helped me resolve and re-
organise myself again.
“In the past,  some children appeared
scared to come close to me, but all that has
changed. Fatherhood has been awesome,
amazing and a miracle to me. My son is my
replica.”
Shutting critics who often accuse him of
singing ‘meaningless songs that sell
nonetheless’, the Benue-State born artiste
includes a love song titled ‘Love Affair’ in
his recently released fourth album, Book of
Ginger .
In the album, the artiste explores a variety
of genres, which, he says, depicts the many
sides there are to him, musically and
personally. Yet, despite the ‘bold’ move, he
reckons that the feedback isn’t too
pleasant.
He explains, “It was quite challenging
because some people did not actually
believe that it is Terry G. They were like: ‘Is
this Terry G on the television?’ It was quite
a big shock to them and so I got both
positive and negative news , but with the
negative topping the list.
“It was really shocking to them that I went
R ‘n’ B. The romantic side of me has always
been there despite the fact that I have been
portraying a particular image all the while.
In fact, I used to sing love songs before I
discovered the Terry G image. I felt that at
this point in my career, I could risk doing
something even though love songs are not
commercially viable.”
With the new image, Terry G says, he has
been forced to adopt certain lifestyle
changes.
“I still party because of what I do; you know
our job requires you to party. But I prefer
what I am now because I am more
coordinated. I strongly believe that it is
better to go out for a reason than for
nothing,’’ he says excitedly.
During the course of this chat, the singer
attempts to clear the air with regards to his
controversial album titled ‘Terry Gzus’,
which was released in 2011.
According to the artiste who started out
singing in his local church choir, the title
was only a play on words, with no religious
undertone whatsoever.
“With the title, Terry Gzus, I didn’t mean
JESUS, I simply mean, GZUS. Because I knew
the pronunciation sounded like the Jesus, I
already foresaw that it was going to create
a huge controversy but that was why I
named it that way in the first place. But it
was intentional; it means (Terry omo Jesu)
and I chose not to say anything because I
wanted the buzz,” he explains.
He is also quick to add that while he has
gotten used to the controversies that
usually trail him, an ‘erroneous’ story of
hit-and-run involving him last year, nearly
dented his image.
Although he refuted the allegation at the
time, he says the damage has already been
done.
“When I drive through certain
neighborhoods, people still yell at me,
saying, ‘Baba hit and run’. I had nothing to
do with the accident because I was in
London when it happened.
“It was one of my boys that hit somebody
with my car and not me, as reported. He
was driving a Black Toyota Camry car when
he hit the person and then ran away.
Because eye witnesses did not see who the
driver of the car was, they assumed it was
me; perhaps this was due to my number
plate. I had to part with nine hundred
thousand naira for the person’s treatment,”
He recollects.
Source: Punch Nigeria

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