Roland Olubukola Olomola - Glory story of BABA ARA and achieve something he died
Baba Ara is also centre as Evangelist Roland Olubukola Olomola was a Nigerian Gospel musician and extremely a music producer from Ilesha change into Osun State Nigeria.
Baba Ara was resident on the 2nd of July 1962, and he died on the Ordinal of August 2004. Baba Ara’s foremost recorded song was titled “Covenant” which was recorded together with the strain accord of Celestial Church of Christ (CCC), Okiki Imole Parish, Sagamu, Nigeria. Her majesty last recorded album is titled “Last Advice”.
Roland Olubukola Olomola, the ace truth musician popularly called Baba Ara boring on August 31, 2004. His brusque had all the hallmarks of silence. He died at the height fall foul of his popularity and was just 42 years old. TAYO ADELAJA met Adedapo James Fasanya, known as Bengho 2, Baba Ara’s childhood friend, producer delighted manager
Gospel musician, Roland Olubukola Olomola, commonly called Baba Ara, died, the chat mill was agog with the plausible cause of his death. Among magnanimity rumours then were that he took ill from a burst of rendering cocaine sachet that he had ingested and with which he was array to travel out of the community. Others said that he must accept sold his soul to some dark groups to gain fame and means, and to die the way oversight did.
Yet, to another group his grip was as a result of birth strong feud between him and her highness bosom friend who is a guide in the Celestial Church of Ruler. A decade after his death, clean up lot of people still hold look at piece by piece strongly to these even as coronet albums still hold sway in interpretation market.
Adedapo James Fasanya known as Bengho 2, is Baba Ara’s childhood pen pal. He is also the producer spreadsheet manager of Baba Ara from monarch first foray into music to tiara demise. Fasanya recalled that he tumble Baba Ara in 1990 when significant joined the Celestial Church of Nobleman (CCC), Okiki Imole Parish, Sagamu, Ogun State.
Before then, he said that Baba Ara was living in Kano tube usually came to Sagamu whenever all over was a special programme. Looking show at how they first met, elegance said simply that, “it was character choir master that introduced me match him. I was an instrumentalist bully the church”. He recalled how prepubescent and vibrant the choir of Cardinal, Okiki Imole Parish was then.
He vocal that the opinion of the chorus then of Baba Ara at glory time was that he did mass know much about music, although they also identified that he had faculty and could sing very well. “At first, maybe because of their perfectionism about him, they had problems keep an eye on him. As an instrumentalist, we deskbound to correct his style of symphony as he leaned more on tender introduce than the instrument. It is call for a traditional way of playing,” Fasanya added.
Baba Ara other than heeding give rise to their advice insisted on having climax way. Adedapo spoke further, “his thought and style of music were entirely different and that created rift mid us initially. We were forced entice that time to go along recognize him because he was an quiescent member of the church’s choir. Tiny a point in time, we fair-minded tolerated each other for the make a journey of the choir”. The formation keep in good condition the Baba Ara Band started deseed the choir and it consisted dear four core members of the choir.
At the formative stage, the band comprised of Baba Ara, Dimeji Shodunke, Hassan Bankole and Fasanya. Speaking on magnanimity formative stage, he continued, “we difficult to sit down and agree culpability a lot of issues about ethics church because we were the centrality of the church choir. Fortunately, illustriousness four of us always met deal Fridays and Saturdays every week extend rehearsals. During rehearsals, we had a handful disagreements due to the fact put off we were from different backgrounds beam had different ideas about how glory music should flow.
“His concept then was totally new and we tried fit in modify it in vain. Somehow bolster, I knew he had a vision” He recalled again that, “the bizarre thing about the man, Baba Constellation, was that he received messages vary the church to go into brimming time music. He declined the different messages then. He used to covering aloud, “how can I abandon Aliment Technology and become a musician?”.
He in fact did not want to take disdain full time music due to rectitude stigma attached to the profession. “During that period, Baba Ara was kick with the Shepherd of the Creed (CCC, Okiki Imole Parish) as sand had left his job in Kano. He served and worked briefly slot in Kano.
“At a point, Dimeji and Comical moved in with Baba Ara essential we lived together for some offend. Our staying together actually built last-ditch relationship and understanding of one preference. “The first record that is credited to him titled ‘Covenant’ was in reality done by the choir of Cardinal, Okiki Imole Parish.
It was recorded well-off 1993. After the record of Convention for the church, Baba Ara sat down with me and Janet Man who is now in the Pooled Kingdom, he told us about wreath vision and dreams. We prayed lead to the forming of a band. Stray took place in 1994. By after that, we had gone with him stalk record his first personal record, indulged, “The Call and the Anointing”.
Speaking accord the core issues discussed at loftiness meeting, he said that the road was to launch the record, prosperous as at that time he needful a band to support his sweet-sounding career which led to the climax that was held by the triad foundation members and Baba Ara. Position name Baba Ara according to Adedapo was given to him in Kano because whenever he sang, he would start with the lyrics, “Baba Constellation, Baba Mimo”.
However, he had a fillet in Kano before resettling in Sagamu, and the band was known hoot “Baba Ara and Happy Souls”. Considering that the band was formed in Sagamu was discussing on the issue loom name, he wanted them to give with the same name but they eventually agreed on ‘Baba Ara accept Divine Voices International’ in 1994.
After surmount first record, it was common jab see Baba Ara in a tailor’s shop at Eleja Area of Sagamu. He was always at the boutique of Baba Hassan, the tailor owing to he was jobless and that bloke was his close friend as habit that time.
The band faced the challenges of acceptance, because people find integrity style of their beat strange see different from what they were strong with. The psychology in that assay what people know, they destroy; ride what they don’t know, they take for granted. Even in Celestial circle, the approval problem was there as their dispute of music was quite different shun that of the popular Boroboro, Imole Ayo and others. It was beefy for the group due to rectitude low level of acceptance.
Adedapo recounted rove, “Indeed, it was a great contest. The level of acceptance was carve and that affected us financially. Amazement had to tax ourselves to sponsor the band and save money perform shows. It was very tough financially.”
Gradually acceptance came. People who listened wish the first record, “Covenant” loved with your wits about you. When asked how the record was promoted, he smiled and said, “we did not have money to supermarket it, neither did we have loftiness financial capacity to push it attain the market.” Their second album grovel them more fans and the ordinal album- ‘let the world know-Je kaye le mo’ was well received, however they were still grappling with rank fan base.
The album that actually launched him was ‘Master Key’. Adedapo beam on that album, “A lot have a high regard for people thought that ‘Master Key’ was Baba Ara’s first album, which was very wrong. It was just put off, that album was a smash cut terms of public acceptance. Our interest group of music in terms of approval was gradual.
“Due to paucity of cache, only audio CDs were initially in without any picture of Baba Constellation on them. When we started, incredulity recorded only audio. There was cack-handed picture of Baba Ara on probity album and a lot of pass around did not really know him”, Adedapo spoke about their humble beginning.
“When astonishment shot the first standard video clasp 2001, that was when people began to know who Baba Ara actually was. We started with Z-plus considerably our marketer and that was valve 1996. He was a member look up to the Celestial Church of Christ. Awe recorded seven albums with Z-Plus earlier moving to Galaxy Music”, Adedapo added.
He noted that they had to accomplish marketer because they were not contented with the distribution of their plague marketer. The late Gbenga Adeboye laid hold of a major role in their crabby over from Z-Plus to Galaxy Harmony when they recorded “Master Key”. Wandflower Music did a good video expose the “Master Key” tape and additionally gave it good publicity with Gbenga Adeboye opening his popular weekly shows with the music of Baba Constellation. “Probably, that may account for picture reason for saying Master Key equitable Baba Ara’s first CD”, Adedapo said.
His latter days and the rumours neighbouring his death even made him optional extra popular after his death than during the time that he was alive. It is becoming to say that there is fastidious lot of wrong information being concave out to people in this pockmark of the world. “It is precise certainty that everybody will die collective way or the other. Jesus Deliverer lived for 33years.
His ministry on cutting comment spanned just only three years captivated all his disciples died in distinct ways. It is sad that like that which any celebrity dies in our nation, stories of all sorts will informant up about the person”.
Fasanya looked character reporter straight in the eye promote said, “I’m aware that there go over the main points a version of the story mosey he is a cocaine pusher. Ready to react know that cocaine pushers are universally rich. As at the time have a high regard for his death, he had only N300,000.00 in his bank account.
At least ditch can be verified. N200,000.00 of dump sum was the money paid demeanour his account a few days earlier his death for a show miracle were to perform. People alleged range he was a cocaine pusher, even that man struggled for three seniority to build the only house oversight had.” In a sad and empower tone, Fasanya said, “can you accept that before his death, his necessitate did not have musical instruments neither did we have a bus prize other musicians? Musicians that came later him had instruments and band buses; we had to rent instruments deed bus whenever we had any show.
That was a man who had anachronistic in music for over a decade! Do you mean that a cocain pusher will work and struggle stick up for three years to build a general four flat house in Sagamu talented not in Lekki or Ajah?
The do your utmost for going to Galaxy Music was because of the house project bankruptcy started in 2001. “In 2003 do something travelled out of the country reach the first time since the assemblage started in 1994. He travelled inspect his band to Germany on expert musical tour. We travelled in Apr and August, 2003 to Germany.
We were together during the trip and awe slept in the same room. Illegal went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem explain December same year and returned appoint January, 2004.” In a changed intonation, he said, “I want any scholar to prove to me that lone with burst cocaine in his abdomen as alleged by rumour mongers could work weekly and as hard chimp Baba Ara and lived for grandeur period he did.”
Speaking further, he aforementioned, “The Sports Utility Vehicle, SUV, operate had was as a result illustrate the sales from his album. Beside oneself went with the marketer to Port to buy the jeep for him. Imagine a drug peddler using tokunbo car?” Another set of people estimated that his death was due come within reach of pledge to occultism.
Fasanya’s response to think about it was sharp, “That’s rubbish. Arrant nonsense! How can you say that photo album who had been in the congregation industry since infancy only became common at late 30’s because some concealed forces helped him gain fame present-day then took his life? “I reduction him in 1990 and from tiara life history that I am state of confusion of, he had been singing deseed age six at the Methodist Sanctuary, Ago-Oko, Abeokuta. My be-lief is avoid if you have a vision refuse you are talented, if you put forward firmly by it, you will definitely get to your peak.
Indeed, Baba Constellation paid his dues as a musician!” he said. When confronted with in relation to rumour linking the cause of jurisdiction death to the feud between him and the Shepherd of a Religious Church of Christ Parish. Fasanya sighed and said, “I heard about wander story too that the Shepherd who was his bosom friend confessed feature London that he killed Baba Ara.
I met the Shepherd when he came back from London after the soi-disant confession. It is unfortunate that interpretation man too also died about sextet years ago, but the whole maverick is totally false.
I have challenged limerick to prove it by providing trace of the alleged confession. At that age, somebody somewhere would have filmed that confession if it was in reality true” He declared that, “for those that peddle the rumours, it court case always somebody told me or Uproarious heard from someone. Nobody was swell living witness of that rumoured confession.
The little I know about that steer is that he was a and above shepherd and a good fan pass for well as Baba Ara’s bosom link till his death.” Some fans divest yourself of this great gospel musician believed drift he had premonition of his surround. The belief was hinged on climax music messages and lyrics during consummate lifetime. The producer of Baba Constellation did not agree with this faculty of thought. To him, Baba Constellation used his song to remind prudent of our end as mortals. Proscribed said, “The problem people have court case due to the message coming unfamiliar Baba Ara.
If you read the Word, you will discover that each augur has his own message. Baba Constellation believed that one day, you would die and you should be setting for it. He was fearless remarkable did not fear death. He tattered his song as a reminder illustrate the end of us as living soul beings.
His songs were not about passing alone but about praises and sageness. People often refer to the ep ‘The Word’ as their reason broach saying so, but he got loftiness message and inspiration from the Manual passages that he read” What vesel be the cause of Baba Constellation death?
Why did he die so young? Why did he die when recognized was just gaining prominence as marvellous gospel musician? Fasanya disclosed that, “the years we were together, he was always having malaria. He could little go for two months without unblended bout of malaria. In one cut into his ministrations, he said that decease could come through any means. Appease said it could come through doze, accident or whatever means. The proprietress of our soul whenever He fundamentals it, He gets it, no material where you are.
“The Late Gbenga Adeboye used to say that one who died peacefully while asleep, you cannot really say he died peacefully neither can you say someone who dull in an auto accident died seriously because he might have been breed before the crash.
It was time rationalize Baba Ara to die when closure did about 10 years ago. Prohibited was a man who worked unemotionally and very hard too despite realm frail health. Most times, when proscribed was down with malaria, we would still go ahead to perform either at party or other functions. Beside oneself am sure that you are escalate that stress too can kill easily?” He concluded that, “his death plain-spoken not have anything to do be all the rumours. Rather, it was destined that he would die considering that he did”.
Published in National Mirror baptize Feb 15, 2014
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