Nigerian music icon, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, on Monday said he built a multi-million Naira music studio at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun, to reciprocate the kind gesture extended to him by the university.
2baba disclosed this during a breakfast chat organised by “The 2baba Foundation”, held in Lagos.
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He said he was inducted as a Fellow into the university’s School of Music, which he treasures.
“I built the multi-million music studio in OAU because I was given an honourary degree, as a Fellow of the school of music of the university.
“That was really huge honour for me and I promised them I was going to build a standard music studio for the school, which I did.
“My aim is to give the students a standard space for creativity and I hope that the next generation of super stars will emernate from there.
“Also, my next album will be packaged in that studio,” 2baba said.
Ojelabi, the publisher of Freelanews, is an award winning and professionally trained mass communicator and a recipient of the D9112 Superstar Icon Award, who writes ruthlessly about pop culture, religion, politics and entertainment.
