I Can Still Win A Grammy Award – 9ice

Popular singer, Abolore Adigun a.k.a 9ice has come out to say that he never promised his fans to win a Grammy award for them.

He disclosed this in a recent interview with Punch’s Sunday Scoop.

According to him, people have been getting it wrong because he actually promised himself that achievement without considering anyone else.

He added that because if there is life, anything can still happen, he would not write off his chances of winning the award someday.

His words, “People are getting it wrong. I didn’t promise anyone a Grammy award; I promised myself. I promised myself a lot of things. I promised myself a Music of Black Origin award and I got it. I promised myself to be one of the most reckoned with artistes and I’ve achieved that. The Grammy award has been one of my targets as well. There is a Yoruba adage that says, ‘Ba o ku, ise o tan’ which literally means, ‘If there is life, anything can still happen’. I’m still doing music and who says I cannot get it (Grammy award) tomorrow? I still have that belief and I know God will do it for me.”

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9ice, born Alexander Abolore Adegbola Akande (born 17 January 1980) is a Nigerian musician.

Born into a polygamous home of five wives and nine children, in Ogbomosho, Oyo State in Western Nigeria. He grew up in Bariga suburbs of Lagos. 9ice had also dreamed of being a musician, which led him to drop out of the Lagos State University whilst studying Law. 9ice began singing at the age of 14. His parents discovered his singing talent, a decided to allow him become a musician.

In 1996, 9ice recorded his first demo titled Risi de Alagbaja, but it was not until 2000 that he released his first official solo song Little Money.

In 2008, he released the single Gongo Aso. With the song gaining popularity, 9ice was asked to perform at the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute concert in London, United Kingdom in June 2008.[7] He went on to win the Best Hip Hop Artist of the Year at the MTV Africa Music Awards.