Despite going silent after breaking up with his former
partner, Limpopo star, Kcee, a few years ago, Precious
John, a.k.a Presh of former music duo KC Presh is battling
to relaunch his dwindling career. But he still believes that
breaking up with Kcee was a step in the right direction. He
neither sees Kcee nor any other artiste as his rival,instead,
according to him, he’s back to take his solo career to the
next level. His latest follow up single, “Asalamaleku”, which
is set to rule the airwaves is the magic that will
accomplish his mission for him.
SINCE you staged a comeback to the nation’s music
scene, your songs haven’t really enjoyed massive airplay?
Initially, I had a management problem. I had to make do
with my former manager. He tried to promote my songs
but he couldn’t go beyond his limit. But I have a new
management now, Qtaby Management. The company is in
charge of promoting my songs. Henceforth, they are going
to be responsible for promoting my new and old songs. My
new song, ‘Asalamaleku’ trended about a week as number
one on twitter.
Why did you decide to go silent at a time when the ovation
was loud for you?
At that point, I needed to rediscover my career. I didn’t
have a sponsor then and what I had would not take me too
far. So, I decided to embark on musical tours to assist
myself financially. And by the time, I completed my tour, I
had enough money to do what I wanted to do, as a solo
brand. People know I can sing, judging from the songs I did
with my former partner, Kcee. Then it was fast pace kind
of sound. There wasn’t much of me expressed in the
songs. I needed to know how to go about my solo brand.
You said earlier that your inability to put in place a
management team affected the promotion of your songs,
wouldn’t it be rewarding if you joined Five Star Music,
owned by your former partner?
Since it’s a solo brand, it wasn’t a KCPresh project. One
would expect that if you people are doing solo, you have to
do it on your own,. That’s why it is called a solo career. If
we had wanted to do anything under the brand, KCPresh,
we would have done so. It’s better to step on toes and
apologize later, and do thing separately?
If Kcee invites you to join Five Star Music, would you
honour the invitation?
I don’t have a problem with it. But right now, I am not
looking forward to that. I am bent on taking my career to
the next level. If I am invited, not now but in the future.
What were you doing after you broke up with Kcee?
I embarked on series of tours, staging shows in Italy,
Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, Denmark, UK among other
countries. After I was done, I then travelled to Malaysia
and later returned to the UK , where I did some courses on
Voice Grooming among others. I returned to the country
thereafter to begin a stage of my career
But fans insinuated then that it was a way of escape for
you?
If it were a way of escape, I would not have staged a
comeback to the music scene. I could have stayed back
because I was exposed to a lot of good things that would
have kept me back and helped me to make money. But
music is what I know how to do best and that is my
passion.
How do you feel when people compare you with Kcee?
There is no king forever, even if you want to remain
forever, you must die. The industry is big, I don’t see
competition in any way. He does his own brand of music
while I do mine. The sky is wide enough for birds to fly
without clashing.
What is your relationship with Kcee at the moment?
It is cordial. We talk when we need to, but everybody is
doing his own thing. If I am not travelling, he is travelling.
What exactly are you missing now that you are no longer
together?
We joked a lot. We never get serious even in serious issues
but we still get results from that joke. That’s the best part
of it. It doesn’t have to be a brainstorming session all the
time.
Do you feel jealous, whenever you listen to Kcee’s hit
songs?
A jealous or envious person is somebody who knows he
has lost sight of where he is going to and pick on another
person and starts hating him. I know where I am going to
and I am seeing my destination. I have no competitor. I am
on my lane and I must get to my destination. I’m already
getting there. Those are not the things I am looking at. I
am focused. The Bible said’ ‘seeth thou a man who is
diligent in his business, he will sit with kings’. I don’t see
anybody, I only see the work I’m doing.
K C Presh
We heard a story about Dilly coming to your rescure.
Dilly didn’t come to rescue me. We have been friends for a
while. When I returned to the country, I started recording
my songs. And as friends, we got talking. I told him I
wanted to record my songs, and he offered to do business
with me. Besides, he is a nice person. He is one of the
nicest bosses I ever met in my career.
Artiste breaking up has become a recurring decimal in
Nigeria.What do you think is responsible for this ugly trend?
I would say artistes breaking up, is dependent on what led
to their breaking up. We have various reasons such as
greed,over-ambition, and the urge to go solo. Some try to
take advantage of others. Better still, one may feel, the
other is slowing him down, while sometimes, it gets to a
point where they would want to go solo. Most times,
breaking up is not rosy.
What makes your new single, ‘Asalamaleku’ unique?
It’s Arabic, it’s a form of greeting. I am appreciating God’s
creation. That’s all. I just want to convey a message to my
fans. I still want to appreciate God’s creation and God’s
handiwork that’s what led to my composing ‘Asalamaleku.’
What are you bringing back?
I am bringing back that part of me that people didn’t know.
The singing part of me, the voice that they don’t hear that
they should have been hearing. Those are just the things I
want to put in peoples’ minds, that Presh is not just an
artiste, he is a performer. My album will be released in the
later part of 2016.
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