Who is… Gaise
Posted on Thursday, August 25th, 2011 at 9:22 AMBy Jibola L
Ok, Gaise’s video had me laughing from the 1st minute. This is more because of his witty style of delivery with a topic of such weight as the band wagon attitude that our young folk are so easy to adopt.
So, the Who is… feature will be taking a totally different approach, albeit, experimental. Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
A Brief Introduction
I am Akinade Ibuoye. Gaise is an acronym of my initials; Gboluwaga Akinade Ibuoye Samuel. When I was in KC, I used to write my names out in full; it came out as IGAS. A friend of mine helped rearrange it as GAIS. It was when I was going into fulltime music I added the ‘E’ to it. I attended First Foundation Nursery and Primary school, Ile-Ife, King’s College Lagos, and studied Economics at Obafemi Awolowo University.
When did you become aware that you could sing, that you could make a career out of music?
That was in 2004 when I really started writing songs and performing at small gatherings, but it was in 2010 after completing my National Youth Service that I chose music as a fulltime career.
Why music? Why not another career choice? How was that choice accepted by family?
A 2’1 in Economics from OAU would have been a good enough starting point in the corporate world, but nothing can give me joy and fulfilment like music. I made this clear to my family and now have their support.
What is the inspiration behind Follow Follow? Follow Follow is basically a song on influence, and the fact that there are things we do as a result of seeing others do them. So I just talked about it from different angles.
Where do you see Gaise in five years? An established artiste with a few albums to his name that the whole country is proud of, and whose influence has transcended the music.
What are the challenges of being in this industry? Promotion; getting your songs out for the people to hear. We face them a day at a time, a person at a time, a TV/radio station at a time, an event/show at a time; that’s how we’ve been growing.
His debut album, GAISEBABA, will be available in all major CD outlets as well as online on iTunes from August 26th.
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Its encouraging that some1 young isn’t trying to be a foreign wannabe, like d indigenous concept, liked d follow follow track looking forward to others too! I can feel a fan springing up and its tending towards GAISE! Artiste like you should be encouraged!!! #okbye
Ds guy’s lyrics r just on point! Makes u thnk n still brings a smile on ur face…nyc
Lovely and unique music, good job bro
Gaise is a talented one ‘toh make sense’
The song ‘follow follow’ is very tight nd nice.
Thumbs up Gaise,will follow follow u al d way
He’s amazing! Saw him on tv and I had to YouTube him. And he’s very good-looking too
that he is!
Its GaiseBaba… Awa O Tush Oh!!!
Its GaiseBaba… Awa O Tush Oh!
Very indigenous song… keep it up Gaise…
GAISE BABA!!!! proud of u anywhere…. kip it up
lord have mercy, i rememba the day you performed at amphi tiata on campus. oh boy even awo bois went crazy…c where you are nw. God bless you real gud. wishing you all the best frm OAU,OBA AWON UNIVERSITY…OF THE GREATEST IFE.
Congrats akinade,we served(nysc) in osun state 2geda,wish u all d best
Akinade, I’m so proud of you. Forward ever, backward never. This is just the beginning. You will be recognised in many more fora in Jesus name. You and Cyrilchase will gon places. You are a winning team. God bless you. Much love from YemiPretty.
fantastic
Absolutely fantastic. Music toh make sense!
OMG I totally love his lyrics! Favorite are:
1) ko mo Ogogo, o mo Robert Deniro
2) ankara ni mo fin dara, emi o ran prada
3) emimimo lon sise, emi o mu paraga!!!!
So as i come write my name as Dayjee now, i be follow follow abi? lol….
Abeg Gaise wetin you go call your wife if you no call am baby….#dead
That movie song is outta this world mehn!!!!!
dis dude is an intellect whose got passion for music, he his from d hood and he his reppn d hood good with good music, helping to straighten d Nigerian image. With follow follow you were just right on point. Keep at it and we will keep following you. Love Gaise from Blaze. GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS NIGERIA
this song is so funny and meaningful and better than the others who just repeat senseless words in the name of following the western style of singing. I’m a fan of people like who dare to stand out and make good sense
Watching the young man that chose to call himself GaiseBaba was stunning, but by reading through the interview, I saw that as a 2:1 Econs graduate from OAU, Gaise indeed is a Superstar in the making. His worded and inspirational Follow Follow might redefine the Music industry. Kudos Gaise!
Gaise Baba….Nothing do u….Thumbs up….Lovely tune…great lyrics!!!!
Nice…but he got something wrong. Tattoos are actually African. My Great grandmother and grandmother had them.
You’re right you know, cos ma grandma got ‘em too…buh i guess for them it was more of an identification and royalty thing. no doubt, it was to make them more beautiful too. also then you wld find it only on women (not men) and also in ‘right’ places like their hands, not where they put it nowadays
yeah a lot of africans used to get tattoos way back in the days. but i guess it’s a different form of identity now. anyhoo ko matter.
GAISE baba, thou art d bomb! I rmbr dose days at OAU n I can only say Baba God nooni! Good job bro, d lyrics as always r on point! More inspiration and more grace. Its moi..Osoks!
Hmmn…m lovin it! 4real Gaise ur music stands out,u :came,made n gave sense. U chose nt 2 ‘follow follow’ n u went 4 a koncept lyk dt… Itz so amazin n amusin. I gues u ar part of d nu Army!
This is the kind of music that we need to listen to. No offence to those who sing and compose song differently but when we are on the path of civilization and westernization we shouldn’t forget who we are and where we are coming from. People putting their names in short forms or forms that don’t make any sense, they are literary putting meaningless significance to their name. My African/Nigerian name is for a purpose and significance, I love my name OLAYINKA, it means I’m surrounded by wealth. I don’t see myself altering my name in anyways because I take pride in who. It brings joy to my heart that there are people like Gaise in Nigeria that feels we need to go back to our roots which is full of respect, pride and beauty. Culture lost is Identity lost.
Hi Hail, that’s very true, but you can’t compare the tribal tattoos of back then to the tattoos of this generation. I think its far too different.
On point! Gaise Baba!!!
yayy! this song is so on point! nice beats, lyrics and cute guy *wink*. we hardly get such meaningful lyrics in 9ja dese dais. Kudos GAISEBABA!
Wow! This is funny, interesting and meaningful…Keep doing God’s thing dear!
dis guy is too gbaski jare…i was laffing thru out
Gaisebaba, got madt love for dis dude. He’s onpoint like a sniper’s head shot. Cuttin thru wit clean clear lyrics and he’s very original. Dude, u chos d ryt path. I call his kind of stuff, highclass music. Well done bro. Keep up d gud work. I love d video, love d song too.
Gaise, u be a sampion al-da-way.
“Iyawo foko sile O n so I’m through
I bo lati gbe ri asa buruku”…NO TO DIVORCE JOOR.
Wont mind seeing you perform d songs from Ife too..cant just stop lurvin’ them.
GAISEBABA. #Awaotusho#
Wow Gaise baba keep representing!! Dis is just d begining
LOVVEEEEEE IT!!!!!
So proud of you Akinade!!! Gaise baba!!!
Aww!!!! im so proud of him! loved him ever since i heard “save Nigeria” & i hope his music takes him places & also reaches out to us Nigerians…
This guy is awesome!
Really feeling u jare. Its ur number one fan u knw nah. All d songs in ma head. U are d bomb. Awa o tush o!!
Fine bobo
GAISE! I dey feel ur album ‘die’. Chei! Dis guy, ur style of delivery and impactful lyrics, me neva see b4. NNAMEN! U dey bless lives no b small. ABEG! Me want ur autograph now now now now now. HEHE! GAISE O, as far as I’m concerned, u r d best Gospel artiste in Naija right now. Ok! let’s keep going men! cos dis is just d beginning of greater things to come. -Ur NO 1 FAN. #AWA O TUSH O
Ibuoye Samuel – Nice knowing you’re doing good for yourself. Keep the flag flying bro. FLOREAT!!! KC for life!!
Wow…. Gaisseeeee Yooooooo…….. U я definately gnna go places … And u jst strtin…… 2 climb… Higher n higher….. I cnt w8 2 gt ma hands on ur Album….. Na We naaa….. PaceSetters …… U я a true YDI disciple… Mre killer tunes o
u are realy talented u knw…just keep it up coz u are really affecting my life with d words dat u speak 2 me…..tanks 2 u very much
Nice One Gaise….keep it up, so proud of u.