20years ago on the Grammy night, Shawn corey carter had an after party of a life time. Why? Jay Z the name by which he was called up stage, had just won his first Grammy Award with a win with the album vol.2 Hard Rock life.
Finally he got here by his 3rd attempt on a studio album. He keep pushing after the first album "reasonable doubt " was released in 1996. In these 2years, a lot of rappers who had come on the scene had vanished .
Not Jay Z. He had only just gotten started. He kept an incredible level of focus and flexibility in such a beautiful mix that had us all watch him turn into a billionaire entrepreneur yet a hungry lyricist. A show biz boss who knows when to speak against the president and when to take a slap from his sister-inlaw . A news magnet who kept a cool head.
These remind Nigerians of their own 2baba who also started his musical journey in the Same year 1996. He has also kept the right mix together to keep longevity, hard work and level head, humility and focus breeding consistency.
With this two, lies the answer to your question. When is your time up? Your time is up when you decide it is. No market forces such as New movie, music, comedian, TV anchor, model, fashion designer or business sensation rules or regulation can force you out of your spot, if you do not give in to being displaced. You can insist on the feel of fine wine and enjoy improvement with time.
It is possible to keep going regardless of what hit you . Like these two, you may need to survive a really low time and personal losses but moving is a must.
The result. 2 baba fondly called "Ancestor " by a popular musician 'wizkid', was recently nominated in thesame category With him for the song of the year few weeks ago.
