It is hard these days to listen to 9ice and not notice that his voice has changed considerably, from pleasantly smooth to hoarse and the Gongo Aso singer has blamed a combination of natural and stage performance factors for the condition.
9ice
Singer turned politician, Abolore Akande popularly called 9ice, has explained the factors that have turned his once pleasant voice into a hoarse one.
The Special Adviser to Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on Youths, who has seven studio albums under his belt, blamed age and years of peforming under harsh conditions for his cracked voice.
He told Vanguard:
"As at the time I recorded my first album, I was 24 years old, and if you compare that to when someone is 35 years old, you can see the changes in the physical body
and every other aspect. Age has a lot to do with that. Another factor is that most times when we go for concerts, the microphones and other sound equipment are not right.
"I end up shouting at the top of my voice. Imagine someone doing that consistently for five years. After the release of 'Gongo Aso' I was doing shows all over back and forth for almost five years. Sometimes, you rehearse your songs on a particular key, and when you get there for performance, they play a different key. So with all these, there is the tendency to lose your voice, and even get the voice cracking".