With their morally bankrupt and deficit songs, some of the artistes that the youths look up to do not possess the necessary virtues and values sacrosanct to building the next generation.
Azeez Adeshina Fashola, popularly
known as Naira Marley is an artiste, whose vulgar musical outpourings and lewd
lifestyle, has held most Nigerian youths spellbound.
From the dance step, ‘soapy,’
that has popularised the habit of masturbation to his show of obscene visuals
in ‘Opotoyi’, to his recent music video, ‘Coming,’ that sexually objectified
women, Naira Marley almost on a regular basis releases musical hits that
soothes the young ones, but which preaches immorality and indecency.
Uncountable are such disapproving
content and messages that he constantly feeds the younger generation. It is
disheartening that in the midst of this, his fans, whom he flamboyantly
christened Marlians, stand up tall in defence of his sheer crassness.
With his penchant for and
addiction to weed, the portrayal of women as sex symbols in his music videos,
character-assassinating response to his critics and disregard for authority,
the artiste is the embodiment of everything that conservative Nigerian society
and cultural purists dislikes, particularly in its youth. He is the physical
manifestation of parents’ fears over their children joining “bad gang” –
boasting of “no manners”, and rubbishing education.
With the likes of Naira Marley in
the entertainment industry consistently dishing out uncouth and morality-damn
lyrics to the younger generation, is it any wonder that we have many youths
with ‘entertainment value,’ but no intellectual value?
Nowadays, the fastest way of
getting any message to the youth is through the entertainment industry. Sadly,
artistes, like Naira Marley have thrown caution to the wind, as the content of
their songs now revolves around nudities, violence and drugs, among others
thereby influencing the youth negatively.
It is imperative that artistes make a conscious effort to project positive values and preach a positive message in their songs. This way, the youth can embrace virtues and shun vices. Artistes should put their influence into good use.
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