Veteran Juju musician Oluwashina Peters, famously known as Sir Shina Peters, has declared that producing timeless music is the truest measure of a musician’s legacy.
Speaking on a recent episode of The Honest Bunch podcast, the 67-year-old icon confidently claimed to have outdone the late American pop superstar Michael Jackson in the number of evergreen hits. According to Peters, his four classics surpass Jackson’s two—Off The Wall and Thriller.
“The only thing you can show for showbiz at the end is how many evergreens you have produced. To my credit, I have four evergreens. Even Michael Jackson has just two; Off The Wall and Thriller. So, if I have four, I am accomplished,” he stated.
A trailblazer in the Juju music scene, Peters expressed pride in his enduring contributions to Nigerian music but also voiced concern over the current state of the industry. He lamented that the high standards set by him and his contemporaries have been “bastardised” by the new generation, signaling a decline in quality and authenticity.
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