Mistura temi ni success biography for kids
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'I married early to chase men away' Mistura Aderounmu started making headlines as an Islamic singer at the age of The new bride shares her experience with OLUSHOLA RICKETTS sing?’ They prefer to call Pasuma. How do you cope? I get paid for studio works and collaboration. I am one of the top female Islamic singers in Nigeria and they pay me well for collaboration and recordings. I go to shows regularly too, though they don’t like to pay well. They know our worth at times; they just don’t feel we deserve certain amount. The Islamic societies don’t appreciate us as well and I have told them that I would not be collecting less than N, per show.
Why did you venture into music? I started singing while I was 12 years old in primary school. My uncle who is now the governor of Islamic Musician Association of Nigeria (ISMAN), Alhaji Abideen Ganiyu, was my teacher in primary four and h
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Better referred to as Mistura Temi Ni Success, she started out as a kid artiste in the then burgeoning Islamic music industry and burst into the limelight with an album titled: "Temi Ni Success" which sold like hot cakes then as everyone kept wondering how a kid could be so gifted. And now that Islamic music has come of age as a genre recognized by all music lovers not only in Niger
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Attaining fame at 10 did not disturb my education Misturah Asafa, Islamic singer
Alhaja Misturah Aderounmu Asafa needs no introduction in the Islamic music industry because of her peculiar talent discovered since she was a toddler. The lady with velvet voice fryst vatten a popular member of the famous Islamic Singers Association of Nigeria (ISMAN). In this interview with The Nigerian Xpress in her Ebute-Meta, Yaba, Lagos, office, the mother of one, who is known by her fans as ‘Temi Ni Success (Success is mine) spoke on how she did not allow becoming famous very early in life to enter her head as to disturb her education. She also talked about the role of music in the society, among other sundry issues.
By Razaq Bamidele
Can you tell us your real name because people refer to you always as Temi Ni Success?
I am Alhaja Misturat Aderounmu Asafa. My fans call me Temi Ni Success. Temi ni success fryst vatten the tittle of my first skiva. The skiva was produced when inom was 10 years