Nigerian singer and songwriter Abiola Ahmed Akinbiyi, popularly known as Bella Shmurda, has revealed that he has moved past the era of making music for trends.

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‎The 'Vision 2020' crooner, while featuring in a recent episode of the Afrobeats Intelligence podcast hosted by Joey Akan, stated that he no longer considers himself a part of the secular music industry anymore, but his music is solely to uplift people's souls.

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‎The singer however, stated that he can still do trendy songs once in a while.

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‎Bella said:
‎“At this point, I feel like I’m not in the [secular music] industry anymore. In that sense that I no longer make music that follows trend. I no longer do songs for trends. I don’t think I’m in that space anymore.

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‎"I just want to make music for the reason I want to do it, which is to uplift people’s souls, making people self-conscious and being aware of who they are. And, helping people go through life with my music. And, I don’t really think any of my colleagues want to do that. I can still do trendy songs once in a while. But I feel like I know my space already now. Even if I want to make trendy music, I do that and quickly return to my purpose. And I feel like that’s the balance."

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