Gospel artiste, Tosin Bee, has opened up on how his journey into gospel music and ministry began, noting that he encountered many challenges on the way.
Speaking with Potpourri, Tosin revealed he never planned to be a gospel artiste, adding that the talent in him was much too much to ignore.
He said, “As I grow, I realise my calling or purpose is to use the singing gift that I have as an instrument of worship to God, and also for the kingdom agenda of Gospel propagation.
“Definitely my drive for excellence, most importantly, because our God is a God of excellence, always doing good, so anything I present to him must be good.
“Well, having the right environment for growth in my field was a problem, also financial challenges. Moving from a familiar terrain (Ilorin) to an unfamiliar terrain (lagos).
“I’ll call it a fusion of tungba/alujo music (African percussive music known among the Yorubas in Nigeria) and contemporary gospel. I have a strong background in both genres of music so I merged them and created a style unique to me.
“Well, I try to be friendly with everybody, but there are boundaries that I have put in place to avoid moves that can mess up the ministry God has given me.
“I have a number of songs I am dropping soon as part of an EP, it has collaborations with some of the gospel artistes, Like Prinx Emmanuel, Mr M and Miracle, Adeyinka Alaseyori, Neon Adejo and many more.
“That will be “I have to tell the world”. The song talks about been vocal about God’s goodness. Sharing the testimony of God’s goodness to the world.
“In all you do fear God and keep his commandments, and always strive for excellence.
I have done the Praise Unlimited tour 2023, we had a really good turnout in every city we went to, and the people loved the African music, they really want us back.
“We are gearing up for TESTIMONY TOUR 2024, we will be going to the US, UK and CANADA, we have a long list of cities we are going to like Atlanta, New Jersey, Maryland, Chicago, Wisconsin, London, Newyork, Scarborough, Harrogate, Wolverhampton, Newcastle, Toronto, Calgary, Winnipeg and Regina.”
Olaitan Ibrahim