I am obsessed with making impact beyond academics – UNILORIN lecturer turned singer says

Dr Abdulwaheed Isiaq, nicknamed Theorist, a musician and lecturer within the Department of Political Science on the University of Ilorin, has said that he intends to introduce Hip Hop music properly beyond faculty campus.

The lecturer cum singer in an interview with Saturday Beats say:
“The spectrum of academics is broad. Once one boards the bus, it might take one wherever. I remembered vividly that it (music profession) began whereas I was conducting a analysis on hip-hop and fuji artistes in Nigeria. I found one other space of analysis which I titled, ‘The place of education and talents exhibition in Africa’. I realised that whereas skills could rule the world, training can assist to enhance then. So, one wants not sacrifice training for one’s expertise, and vice versa. Anyone who has as a lot enthusiasm as I do would all the time discover beyond the partitions of school rooms and libraries.

I am obsessed with making impact beyond academics. I additionally wish to attain out to the frequent man on the market. I wish to be remembered for altering the world with academics and good music.”

When requested what evokes him to jot down songs, he responded;

“God is the primary motivator. But principally, three issues lured me to the studio and glued my arms to the pen. The first is books. Second is society, and the third is my life experiences.

I am a bookworm who’s all the time obsessed with something academics. I love analysis and I like to learn. Whenever I begin studying about an intriguing socio-political or financial phenomenon, I all the time really feel the necessity to search for a approach to coin them into lyrics and make it easy for the frequent man to grasp the significance of such. Many of life’s classes are hidden on the pages of a e book. I am a poet as properly and have written fairly a variety of poems.

My life experiences embody my life journey, travails and classes learnt. I don’t need individuals to be discouraged by their present conditions. One’s background doesn’t decide one’s future. Things are usually not straightforward on the market, so I all the time draw inspiration from my life experiences, and search for how I may assist youths develop and develop in all ramifications.”