Nigerian rap artiste, Naeto C, popularly nick-named ‘White
Kaftan’, has revealed how he felt when his song, ‘Tony
Montana’ was banned, and said he stopped ‘sagging’ when
he ‘grew up’. Speaking recently with Punch, the ‘Ringtone’
crooner said he didn’t see any sense in the ban because they
had to wait for three years before placing the ban. According
to him, ‘the board was late.’
It will be recalled that the Nigeria Broadcasting Commission,
NBC, earlier this year, placed a ban on his music video,
‘Tony Montana.’ Naeto said, “I felt the board was very late in
banning the song because I released that song in 2012 and it
was banned in 2015.
“Also, in the video, there was a disclaimer that no one
should try the stunts we did in the video and if they had
seen the music video, they would have seen the disclaimer.
If they are going to ban the music video because we used
guns in it, then they should ban movies with guns and occult
scenes,” the singer added.
“However, that is our reality,” he continued, saying, “I don’t
think we communicated anything in a distasteful manner
neither did we communicate the wrong message to kids. I
have two kids and naturally when you have kids, you think
about other kids in whatever you do.
“I respect the organisation and I would not talk down on it
but I don’t think there was any sense in it; it was not
necessary to ban the video,” he noted. Responding to why
he stopped ‘sagging’, he said, “Yeah, I used to sag a lot. I
think I grew up and realised it looked silly.
“When I was a younger artiste, I did not care much about my
image. But now that I am grown, I pay attention to my image
because the people I perform for are my clients. “My client
is a mature person who obviously can afford my services.
You don’t want your client to see you as irresponsible
because tomorrow, when you go to the same client for a
business proposition, he would not take you seriously if you
are sagging.
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