Afro pop exponent, Cynthia Morgan is primed for fame and fortune and the numero uno stage rocker is living her dream. The bubbly entertainer, signed on Jude Okoye’s Northside Music, spoke to LANRE ODUKOY A.
You’ve come really far in just one year with highly rated videos and songs plus a startling fan base. The compliments also swarm the social media. How do you take the rain of praises?
I just mainly say thanks to God Almighty, my supporters and fans. You know it’s not easy for you to be a front-liner in a short while. I bless God for the doors He’d opened and for more He’s yet to open.
You’ve also had your fair share of uncomplimentary remarks, how did you deal with them?
About the nasty comments some people make; I’m a kind of person who is very free-spirited and I don’t really care what people say about me. Whatever makes me happy, I do. If you’re not comfortable with it, I think everyone’s got his opinion and I’m a celebrity and I mean a lot of things to millions of people. So, I don’t do my things for everybody to say yes. Shout out to everybody who says ‘yes’, and shout out to everybody that says ‘no’ because they push me forward to want to do more and get better with my craft. I don’t care about negative comments at all.
You’re a lady with about a man’s stamina and gait, which reflect in your songs, videos and stage presence, how did this masculine part of you evolve?
Growing up basically, I was with a whole lot of uncles and when it comes to my musical influence, all those who I looked up to were all male entertainers. I felt they had more strength so; I’ve always been influenced by guys that way. Like I always stress, music or talent has nothing to do with gender. I don’t even compare myself with the females. People see females as the weaker sex, but I am a different female. People say that, “oh, you’re not the kind of female we’re used to because you’re not weak.” So, when I sing, it sounds like that of a guy. I don’t do soft music, not the female kind of sound at all, I’ve got my peculiar sound and it’s the same thing I put up on stage for the reasons I’ve mentioned earlier.
Last year, you spoke so fondly of your mom who you acknowledged as one of your earliest musical influences, was she also that energetic when you watched her perform?
That’s absolutely correct. My mom is also a strong performer who doesn’t perform like a female. So, it’s a bit genetic too because if you see my mom on stage, you won’t believe she’s a lady because she ranks herself with the males because of the energy she displays. Yes, it’s true, my mom has the strength of a lion when she comes to stage.
There was a photograph of yours revealing a significant part of your boobs and it went viral on the social media ostensibly attracting many unpleasant feedbacks, how did you deal with that?
Who cares about people’s opinions? I don’t care about that because if I have to begin to care, it means I would be worried about every person’s opinion. I have millions of fans and do I just start answering everyone? So most times, when I post my pictures, I post them because I’m comfortable with them and when I do that, I don’t even read the comments because I don’t really care about what people think- the bad or the good comment. I put that on my pages for myself and my fans who see it as positive and pleasing in their sight. By the time you start reading these things, you begin to worry about everyone’s opinion; does that make sense?
There was a time it made the rounds online that you broke up with your record label, Northside Music, how true is this?
I never heard about that. Well, maybe it was just a speculation. I don’t have any problem with my record label; I guess you’re getting it all wrong.
Have you mended walls with Queen Ure who went to court to demand that the song title you chose for one of your singles, ‘Popori’ be reverted?
Like I said the last time we spoke; I do not have a case with Queen ‘whatever’. I don’t know her, I’ve never met her and I didn’t go to court and my song wasn’t banned and I’m going to say that over and over again. I didn’t start any case and I didn’t resolve any case. If she went to court, she took herself to court because I didn’t go there.
The midyear is here, what’s your projection for the remaining half?
I just dropped a new single entitle ‘Timatiniya’ and a new video for the song, ‘Come and Do’.
What does ‘Timatiniya’ mean?
It means an addiction; it’s like whatever you have obsession for- that’s your ‘Timatiniya’. It’s my own creation and not a particular language as many may think, it just the same way I created the ‘German Juice’ word. I should be dropping an album before the end of the year and ‘Come and Do’ and ‘Timatiniya’ videos are on the way. I just launched Cynthiamorganblog. com to get closer to my fans. It’s a platform to get responses on any of my works. I’m doing a whole lot of work; businesses and career targets are all on point.
Aren’t you bothered about endorsements already? Some guys got just a successful song and they clinch mouth-watering endorsement deals with multinationals.
No, not at all, I have a lot of endorsement offers on ground; maybe in one or two ways we’ve not been able to meet up with what my label wants. That’s the reason I don’t have an endorsement yet, but we’ve got a lot of offers on ground that we’re working on, so I don’t care about anybody who got theirs. I think we’ve done pretty much work and I’m happy for people who got endorsements.
How would you rate the Black nominations at the just concluded BET awards?
Well, I think Yemi Alade deserved the award for the Best International Act (Africa). I don’t think any other person in that category did the kind of work Yemi Alade did. So, I was rooting for Yemi Alade, but she didn’t get it. Well, there are more awards to come. Basically, it’s not even making the awards, but making your money because they don’t give you money when they give you awards. The best is all about being appreciated by your fans. I think the whole drama about giving the Africans awards backstage is something that makes me feel speechless. Africa is a continent and not a country. You cannot put a whole continent backstage five hours before the main awards- that is very disrespectful. I think as Africans, we need to work on ourselves and make our awards more appreciated. When we appreciate ourselves, people will come from far and near to appreciate us.
Last year, you said you were in hot romance with only your career. Has anything changed with your massive acceptance?
I don’t know if I’m in any form of romance now or not, the only thing I’m sure of is that I’m a happy person the way I am.
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