A number of Nigerians have criticized the lyrics performed by renowned Fuji musician Taye Currency during the coronation of Oba Rashidi Ladoja.
Recall that Oba Rashidi Ladoja was installed today as the new Olubadan of Ibadanland.
Performing at the ceremony, Taye Currency, who was the guest performer, triggered backlash following his song lyrics, “were la fi n wo were,” meaning “we used insanity to cure insanity.”
The controversy trailing the lyrics has pushed the musician to the top trends on the X platform.
The installation of Oba Ladoja came two months after the death of the late Olubadan, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin.
Dignitaries at the event included President Bola Tinubu; Governor Seyi Makinde; Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ghandi Adeoye; Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale; and Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade.
Some of the criticisms on X are as follows:
@Frank24net: “Werey la fi’wo werey na song? Nonsense”.
@olatunbosun006: “Total Embarrassment to his family. NOT Ibadan people. On coronation day?”
@Fortune4me_ola: “Who gave him mic to sing this rubbish in coronation”.
@OluwaferanmiDan: “It’s not his fault now; it’s the fault of the organizers that decided to platform someone whose last musical boom was 17 years ago. Weyrey la fi n wo weyrey ni coronation? Afi weyrey naa”.
@babasafeez: “It’s obviously political. Why picking Taye over Osupa or K1 for coronation, even Paso and Malaika will deliver well. É sha ma fi werey ghade lo”.
@fesooyebade: “It was an historic disappointment, an embarrassment to Ibadan indigenes at home and in the diaspora. The songs rendered were not fitting for such a historic occasion. I am certain there are thousands of musicians of Ibadan origin who would have delivered a stellar performance”.
