A 24-year-old love story
If the love life of popular singers, Tunde Obe and his wife,
Wunmi Obe were to be chronicled on the pages of a best seller, perhaps one of
the titles that millions of authors would have a hard time casting into the
dustbin of irrelevance would be ‘Tunde & Wunmi Obe: A 24-year-old love
story.’
Over the years, the couple has made a complete mockery of
the alarming statistics of failed celebrity marriages that have become part and
parcel of the Nigerian entertainment industry and interestingly, classy
examples are not far fetched.
However, despite the glaring short lifespan of celebrity
marriage, both Tunde and his wife have continued to bask in the euphoria that
their marriage holds for them.
A love story that began
years ago when they both met has today, become a reference point in the
Nigerian entertainment and showbiz circle with more than a few celebrities
working hard and praying harder towards having a semblance of what they share.
In a chat with Tunde Obe in Lagos, he spoke about his marriage and
revealed some of the things that he and his wife have not told the world about
their marriage especially what makes it tick.
Excerpts:
I’ve seen a good number
of your music videos and I must say that they are always of impressive quality.
One thing that strikes me about your videos is the glaring level of creativity
that goes into them. What exactly motivates you to pick the subject matter that
you deal with in your songs and music videos?
I think first and foremost and most importantly is the fact
that we are very humble about it. The industry has gone haywire and there are
so many people doing fantastic jobs so if you come into the industry with that
‘we’ve been there’ or ‘our fan base is tight’ kind of attitude, you would just
find yourself losing out. So, the first thing we did was to listening to what
is happening now knowing fully well that we couldn’t sell out totally and still
fall in line with what everybody else was doing. But what we could do was to
borrow from the rhythm and the styles and then still keep our own unique
influence on it. We worked with ID Cabasa to come out with ‘Fine Bara.’ We
worked with Puffy Tee to come up with ‘Too Legit.’ We worked with so many
different producers and that’s why the album is such a mix of so many materials
but I think the key element is the humility. We didn’t go into it believing
that we knew it all. We went into it humbly; trying to do an album that would still
sell – that people would still buy and say these guys are still trying and we
just had to make sure that it was desensitive because we have grown up kids and
we’re role models. So there are certain topics that we can’t broach. Basically,
we did the best we could and we are happy that people like it.
Is Copy Cat Records
planning to sign new artistes probably in the near future?
Definitely! We have two artistes in line now. Jay Search is
different from our own business.
There’s all this
noise about celebrity marriages and all that yet you have been able to keep
your matrimonial life in one happy piece. Is there anything you haven’t told
the world about what makes you and your wife tick?
Maybe we haven’t told the world how much we love each other
and I think that is the key element. We both leave stardom at the door when we
enter our house. Whenever we enter our house, we are Tunde and Wunmi. We remain
the young guys and girl that met each other in 1988. The child that was born in
1988 is not a kid in any way. We’ve been together for a long time and I think
if at this point in time, we begin to show attitude… We met each other when we
had nothing – when we were nobodies and we came up together so that love would
always be there. We still have that unity of purpose as well and we remember
every single achievement that we have made together as a couple and we still
laugh about a lot of things that we had to go through and endure while coming
up. So, I think we have that unique blend from grass to grace together. We got
married in 1998.
Join me as we give this couple a very warm hug.
By Samod Biobaku
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