By: Chuks Ogbu
The name, Arthur Izuchimz is not a strange name in the hip hop game in eastern Nigeria.
The Eastern English Rapper as he is mostly called by his fans and followers is ‘ready to take the Nigerian music industry by storm’.
Arthur Izuchimz let us ‘into his World’ in an interview on Wednesday.
Arthur Izuchimz is a rapper from the Eastern part of Nigeria, he was born in Aba Abia state but is an indigine of Ubakala in Umuahia South local government of Abia state. He studied computer science at the Federal Polytechnic Nekede.
Arthur Izuchimz did not start as a typical music fan instead he loved Football, played football and even wanted to play football professionally, despite all that he still had a few love for music but didn’t see himself doing music because he was a stammerer.
When asked about his experience in the world of music he simply said “I have lost and I have learned” when asked his biggest challenge in the music industry he said “honestly speaking lack of major financial support and the fact that the People around here always expecting me to commercialize my music. they expect me to always add Igbo language to my songs and the keep advising me to emulate Phyno who always does his song in Igbo and a bit of English, as much as am a lover of Phyno I still feel like that is not my style”.
Arthur Izuchimz is an experienced musician in the south east and is currently working on a music project that will change the narrative of hip hop music in Aba and the South East in General
Arthur Izuchimz haven’t dropped an album yet but has couple of hit singles when asked about the songs he said “Bloodgerian, it is like the rich get richer kind of song, I have also dropped ‘Bygones’ which is a representation of the typical Eastern English kind of rap, ‘Omo Ibo’ and Booty Call which happens to be my personal favorite”.
Arthur Izuchimz hasn’t won any recognisable award but won the Hot FM Pool Party back in 2014.
A bit on his Personal life Arthur Izuchimz is single and from a family of six (three boys Three girls).
He said that his role model in life is him Mum but he loves his dad as well, he said his favorite food is jolof rice with salad, plantain, Moi-Moi with chilled mango juice.
He also said that his most preferred holiday destination is his country home Umuano Ubakala in Umuahia South local government of Abia state, he also said that he is more of an ‘Aje kpako’ than ‘Aje butter’.
He thanks his fans and urges them to keep supporting him.
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