When Jemiriye was kicked out of the Nigerian Idol stage in the 2012/13 season of the show, she could have thought it was the end of the world, but for her it was the beginning of a journey to greatness.
She may not have enjoyed the media buzz that winning the Nigerian idol competition brings here in the country, but her uniqueness has attracted top foreign media houses who now sees her as a marketable content for their platforms. Not long after gracing the cover of Fun Time Magazine in the US, Jemiriye has now been invited as the artiste of the week on the popular BBC Focus on Africa TV show.
According to what she shared online over the weekend, she first got an email from the respected international media corporation; then…
“the interview was scheduled for 12:30pm, then I got a call at 7:30am saying, Hi, Jemmy this is Kim from BBC, I was like okay, then she said are you ready for the interview? I was like, hmmm, it’s 7:30am here. Then she said oh sorry, it’s 12:30pm in LONDON, ” She wrote.
She continues; “I had no idea the call was from the BBC World main studio in London, ��. Then I told Kim to give me about 3hrs to drag my lazy self from bed, cos I slept very late the previous night, working in the studio. I finally got ready, dressed up, Skype ready and a exactly 10:30am central time, I got connected to the studio from the BBC World studio.”
She was even asked to sing the Philadelphia Phillies baseball anthem live on the show having been the first black African to do so live for the team during their flagship game against the Miami Marlins in 2015!
Jemiriye has unarguably become one of the most sought-after African singer in America and even recently got a nomination in the US as the Pittsburgh Emerging Artist for the year ended 2015, making her the only African nominee in the music category.
The Afrocentric Jemiriye who recently released the video to her single “Pamilayo” is already back in the studio working on a new song titled “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” to be part of the body of works for her debut album which will be ready in 2016.
“Knocking On Heaven’s Door” by Jemiriye is being produced by Grammy award winning producer, Dr Gregory McPherson amongst other respected American music experts.
According to her rep, the song features all the music professionals Jemmy had dreamt to work with, like Mr David Otis (late Queen of Pop, Whitney Houston’s guitarist), Mr Spike, who played percussions for the legendary Aretha Franklin, great musicians from Spelman College, to mention a few.”
With the speed at which this young lady’s career is racing, she is definitely set to shake the world for Nigeria soon.
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