Nigeria’s biggest female superstar, Tiwa Savage has been through a lot recently, no doubt, which really caused lot of havoc in the media, it had to do with her marriage with TeeBillz. Months after, she also was blessed with a record deal with Jay Z’s company, Roc Nation. In an interview with Premium Times, she spoke on her controversies and the glory
How have you handled all the controversies that trailed your marriage in April?
TIWA: It’s been the grace of God and I think I have been able to pull through by simply immersing myself in my work.
PT: And the bad press and ‘nasty’ things written about you?
TIWA: Generally speaking all that has been written about me doesn’t really affect me anymore. When I got into the industry initially, it was very difficult for anybody to realise this. But now, I have come to the realisation that the hard work you put in and the positive things that you do as an artiste always outweighs the negative. Whether you’re in the media, a banker or a nurse, you’re going to have people talk about you. Not everyone loves Jesus Christ so who am I to talk about people saying things about me? You can’t make everyone happy. I don’t try to waste time on people that don’t love me, so I just spend time with people that love me so I don’t disappoint them.
P.T: How do you handle embarrassing moments?
TIWA: I don’t really think that I have had embarrassing moments like that. But I did have one recently while performing on the stage; where my cloth ripped off. I grew up around boys and my brothers teased me a lot. So, I am used to people making fun about me. I don’t take life too seriously and also, Mavin Records comprises of men; Di’ja and I are the only females. My male colleagues are all fun to be around. So when something embarrassing happens, I just take it laugh off and never take it to heart.