One trend which seem to have hit the music industry today is age falsification. This trend is very common particularly amongst footballers. Many at times footballers reduce their age by almost 60 to 70 percent, to fit into clubs and national teams.

This act is a common trend amongst Nigerian footballers. We've seen Nigerian footballers, both past and present dropping their age in other to fit in to play for the national team and their club sides.

The blame do not go on them a 100 percent; the game of football requires youthfulness, energy and strength, for this reason the older footballers who have got the talent and skill falsify their ages in other to fit in to play for their country and club side.

This same act seem to have hit the Nigeria music industry but the question is, if its really so, for what reason? Like the reason given on why footballers falsify their ages which is to an extent justifiable, nothing should make a musician do same because age does not affect an artiste's C.D sales, chances of getting shows but rather talent in the particular field of endeavour is the major determinant factor.

A line in one of Burna Boy's song, Run My Race, an artiste who claim to be 22 year of age, reads
'.. Enemies won fe ri won pa mi
But won able
Mi o n she omo kekere
Won gbe mi ni cradle

..' Meaning, Enemies want to see they kill him but they are unable, he's not a kid they couldn't carry him in cradle. Judging by this line of his song, how do we believe he is truly 22 years of age like he claims?

Sean Tizzle who is a father of 2 kids also, claims to be 24 years, Davido claims 21 and these artistes don't in anyway look the ages they claim. Could the age many of the new breed Nigerian musicians claim, be true or false? It would really be nice to know the perceived reason for this suspected act

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