Love has never been and will never be fair to me – Seyi Shay

Oluwaseyi Deborah Joshua, also known as Seyi Shay, came into limelight with her hit single ‘Irawo’ and has remained in the news due to her colourful and exciting performances on stage.



In a recent interview with Tribune newspaper, the Flytime TV songstress when asked to talk about her love life stated thus:

“Love has never been fair to me; love is never going to be fair. It’s even worse as a musician because in the Nigerian tradition, it is not seen as a conventional or respectable thing to be a musician. Everybody expects you to be seen and not heard. But when you are in the public eye like this, it is not easy to find true love.”

When asked further “what challenges female artistes in Nigeria”, the Irawo crooner said

“The first challenge is being a woman. As a woman, lots of male artistes don’t take you seriously because most female artistes are not as fearless as the men.

I feel that my whole mission is to change that perception through my next songs. Women get discriminated against; we don’t get paid as much as the men.

Almost all female artistes have said the same thing…We are becoming more fearless. The quality of our videos is rising. We are sticking together and featuring one another in our albums by doing things that make us stand out.“