A famous Nigerian gospel singer, Kingsley Okonkwo, popularly known as Kcee said he switched from secular music to cultural praise with the view to showcasing Igbo culture to the world.
The 44-year-old singer made this known in a recent interview with Channels TV.
He said he had nursed the idea of cultural praise for almost half a decade before it became a reality.
The ‘Ojapiano’ crooner said he got the idea of doing cultural music in 2018 and since then he has been improving his craft.
He said, “It [inspiration for cultural music] didn’t just come. I was working towards it for a couple of years about four/five years.
“Since 2018, I started thinking about how can I take the [Igbo] culture to the world. That was when I started doing cultural music. For those that know my career, I wasn’t doing cultural music before. But I have it in me. So, at some point, I discovered the sweetness of the cultural side. And I decided how can I add the pop I’m doing into the culture and take it global. So, it has been a process, I did a couple of cultural songs, cultural praise then I found myself here.”
He added that at first, people were wondering what would come of the initiative but at last, it saw the limelight.
