Fuji legend Wasiu Ayinde, also known as KWAM 1 or K1 De Ultimate, has shared that his late mother, Halima Anifowoshe, had a significant impact on his music career.
The 68-year-old musician revealed that his mother not only taught him the basics of music but also served as his composer while she was alive.
During a podcast interview promoting his latest project, Ganusi The Album Fuji Classical, K1 De Ultimate expressed gratitude for his mother’s role in his success by dedicating the song “Mama” from the album to her.
K1 De Ultimate explained that despite her own musical aspirations as a young woman, her royal background and gender prevented her from pursuing a career in music.
He said, “The song ‘Mama’ is to the memory of my mother who also taught me about the rudiments of music and singing. My mother as a young maiden lady was a singer, a princess by birth that was denied the opportunity of showing dexterity in music because of what she was; a princess of a sitting king and so also a woman whom they want her to settle in marriage.
“But everything [my mother’s talent] was transported on me by God. She transferred it to me and oftentimes she served as my composer, very many times during her lifetime. She made her own contribution into my musical development. So, I think it’s honourable for me to remember her and have a blessed track for her.”
