Masked musician, Lagbaja, has explained that he has avoided attracting media attention in the last couple of years because he has projects he is working on.
The multi-instrumentalist has kept a low profile for almost a decade following his reported relocation to the United States of America and the release of two albums – Paradise and Sharp Sharp – in 2009.
News that he will be performing alongside pop singer, Simi, at a concert in Abuja over the weekend has, however, generated renewed media interest in him.
Speaking with Qed.ng publisher Olumide Iyanda in a telephone interview on Saturday, Lagbaja said he is deliberately keeping a low profile to concentrate on his work.
“It is a deliberate move by my management and me not to be in the media for now. There are things we are working on, and we would rather those things do the talking,” he said.
Asked how long the media blackout would last, he said, “let’s just pray that God keeps us all alive to see the result of what we are doing. I cannot give you a time now then have to change it later.”
He, however, promised to speak with this online newspaper when the time for talking has come.
Lagbaja has not been completely out of circulation contrary to some media reports.
He performed at the evening of Jazz hosted by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos in Alausa, Ikeja in 2016.
Four years before then, he released an album titled 200 Million Mumu.
He was a guest at a workshop organised by the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) in 2015 and has made other appearances in Abuja and Lagos among others.
