Next work.

I have been working on my second album; I have a single out already and it’s entitled, “I Am a Woman,” where I featured seven hot female singers. Right now, I am recording a song that will feature Nomoreloss; it’s going to be awesome because I will be working I am working on this album with Carl Raccah, the MD and producer of Orangootan Records; the label I am signed to and also with a South African and UK producers. So it’s definitely going to have a lot of international touch to it.

My Romance Perfume.

I just launched my perfume called Romance by Ashionye. The perfume concept was informed by my being a firm believer in Nigerian women and their capabilities and again, I thought it was time to do something not just for myself but also for the Nigerian women. This is the first time ever in entertainment in Nigeria that an artiste is releasing a perfume and it feels awesome and amazing.

It took us nine months and a whole lot of money to actually put all these together; it’s not an endorsement but my perfume. I picked the scent which was my initiative. I just went to meet some of my friends who have cosmetics manufacturing companies and sold the idea to them. Siperco Nig. Ltd precisely took up the idea and manufactured the perfume.

Capturing the market.

Romance Perfume will be marketed in Nigeria and Africa , we are starting gradually and have started distributing and selling in Nigeria first before we go outside the country but we do have some people approaching us from Liberia ; we will be sending some of the products there very soon to be marketed.

We are looking at not just capturing the Nigeria market before taking control of the African market and we will do it. I am Ashionye and I am destined to do this.

My name is Destiny and was destined to be in entertainment. Apart from my albums always being sold out at Nu Metro plaza, my perfumes is selling fast; in two days, the batch that we supplied got sold of the shelf and they are requesting for more. Right now I am being asked to get more Cds and more perfumes. I have been in entertainment and believe I have paid my dues and now, I am reaping the benefits.

Charity Works.

I have been doing a lot of charity work for some time now and maybe I might launch a foundation in the nearest future; I haven’t decided on what exactly to do but I intend to do something around children.

I am a Woman

My current single, “I Am a Woman,” is a girl power song about female empowerment. I wrote the song and featured Sasha, Blaze, Kemistry, Amaka, Amina, Zeal, and Eniola; seven hot female singers and rappers in Nigeria .

The reason I wrote that song was that a lot of people have been pushing women to the back seat in entertainment and I felt very uncomfortable with that because I know a lot of women in entertainment who have potentials; a lot of women can do a lot of things better than men.

So I decided to write that song and chose these ladies to pass the message and start a movement for ladies. And it’s been amazing that since the song hit the airwaves, we have had new faces in music and everyone is just happy. I now have girls I don’t know come up to me and say, “I am a singer and have a single on radio, you inspired me.”

Feminist?

I am not a feminist; I still love my Nigerian men. Though I sang that song, I don’t need a man to tell me how to live my life, I am working hard to make it and will do what I think is right.

Let’s face it; we are in Africa and in this part of the world, we have a lot of women who are actually being locked up in their homes when they have the ability and capability to go out there and support their men by working.

But a lot of men lock their wives and daughters in the house, that’s what the song is all about. It’s not like it’s a slight against men; I don’t hate men, I am in a solid relationship of almost five years so I am not a feminist. I still respect a lot of my Nigerian men.

Wedding Bells?

When the time is right, only God can tell.

Robot  Villager

# 1 Next work. I have been working on my second album; I have a single...Read the full article. Posted by Robot| 16.09.2007 09:32