Temisan Olaifa
Controversial Fuji musician, Mr Taye Adebisi, popularly known as Taye Currency, has declared that his Fuji colleague, Wasiu Alabi, aka Pasuma, is his boss.
He, however, referred to his counterpart, Saheed Osupa, as a colleague.
Taye Currency made this known in an interview last week Thursday with Akede Ariya, during which he explained his relationship and how he met Pasuma.
“I met Pasuma in 1993, and since then we have been together. I didn’t learn Fuji music from him, I just love him because he is a humble person. It is not that I’m disrespecting him or anything. I wasn’t his drummer or backup singer.
‘‘He was in Lagos, and I was in Ibadan. So, the controversy between us was caused by fans’ reactions. We are not fighting. Those who are insulting us are berating and disrespecting us.
“Anybody who has known each other for 30 years, even as a boss and a worker, is liable to have misunderstandings. We are not the first to have a misunderstanding, but it is our fans who are prolonging it. Pasuma is not a troublesome person, nor am I. So I have asked people the questions repeatedly; how did I insult Pasuma, what did I insult Pasuma with?
“(Akande) Obesere, who is now a leader for us in Fuji music, is my brother. Saheed Osupa, on the other hand, is my colleague; I know him just as a singer. But Pasuma is my boss because I admit it.”
In October 2024, Currency objected to fans referring to Pasuma as his ‘father’ in the music industry.
Rather, he said that Pasuma was more like an elder brother to him and emphasized that he couldn’t father him.
Taye Currency also met Pasuma in Mecca on Wednesday during the ongoing Umrah 2025, where he told Pasuma that his words were misinterpreted by fans.
In the viral video, he apologised to Pasuma and anyone hurt by his statements regarding the 56-year-old artist.
He acknowledged Pasuma as his superior, emphasising that he never insulted him.
