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Europe-based Nigerian Afro-beat singer, Ifeoluwa Daniel Ayeni, known in the music industry as Moriento, hails from Akure, Ondo State. He bagged a degree in Philosophy at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko. The lyric extraordinaire in a chat with FEMI OGUNTAYO, talks about his music career, among other issues. EXCERPTS:
What led you into music?
I started as a kid out of mumbling. My immediate elder brother once told me that I was 3 years old when I had my peer group gathered in our neighborhood leading a chorus that has no exact meaning. He said I started singing: “Idiye adidiye” he said before they knew it, other kids around my age joined me and whenever I said ‘Idiye’, the kids replied, ‘Adidiye’. By the time I was in primary 5 at Command Children School, NDA Cantonment, Kaduna, I was lucky to have an elder brother David; who was professionally into music in Kaduna under the group called “The Bishops”. He was their lead vocalist and they always re