Arewa FINEST: My interview with AlterFam. Fame.G & Zuks

Question: Please, introduce yourself.
AlterFAM: AlterFAM are Nigerian born musicians, Fame .G & Zuks of Alter, based in Cape Town, S.A. 

Music has always been part of our culture, and we take that with us wherever we go.

(Fame .G):  Always loved listening to different sounds when my mom practiced her choir hymns as a child).

We grew up as fans of other musicians.  While growing up, one became fascinated with the process of 

being a musician and what it means to the society. It didn’t take too long to dream of becoming one.

We realized the impact of music in our daily lives and we just had to share it from our perspective.

Question: If you were to be a colour, which colour will you be?

AlterFAM: (Fame .G); For me It’s the color grey, because I look good in grey, LOL! 

 (Zuks of Alter); I will be an ‘altered’ color red, because red has been my favourite color growing up and am constantly evolving

Question: Name two things you can't leave home without?

AlterFAM: (Zuks of Alter); My phone and headphones.

(Fame .G); Can’t leave home without my swag (glasses, watch etc.)  and phone.

 Question: Your most embarrassing moment?

AlterFAM: (Fame .G); Laffs! Ummn!  Was once forced bv friends to dance at a birthday party! I unfortunately ruined the party with my jagger moves. LOL

(Zuks of Alter); Getting interrogated by my aunt for stealing moi moi from her pot! LOL

Question: Tell us about AlterFam, how it all started?

AlterFAM: Alter as the word implies, means change and that’s what we are here to do. We change and impact on our society; plus we are doing that as a FAM.
From being just friends that shared the same or similar passion for music, we decided to build a medium for innovation in the societies of Africa by making a difference first through our music and the media generally, and we came up with the word AlterFAM. So ya we just Alter All.

Question: Which category of people are familiar with your music?

AlterFAM:  The newage culture.

Question: What distracts you when you are on stage? 

AlterFAM: Poor live sound engineering and the beautiful Nubian queens. LOL

Question: Aside music what do you have a flair for? 

AlterFAM: Movies, animations, art and Fame .G is good soccer player.

Question: Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?

AlterFAM: in the next 5 years, we see AlterFAM making an impact not just in music but in art, film making, and just positively impacting the old and present generation.

 Question:  Tell us about your relationship life? Any girlfriend, crush, home and abroad? 

AlterFAM: (Zuks of Alter); Single and planning. Not searching.

(Fame .G); Am single and more focus on my studies and career right now.

Question: What do you think about JudithCaleb's Blog (JCB)? 

AlterFAM: JudithCaleb’s Blog is a good innovative platform and a good example of social media in Africa.

Question: Finally, AlterFam! what words do you have for your fans?

AlterFAM: To our FAM (fans), we would like to say: Keep being ‘you’ - be real and be strong. Let us Alter for a brighter future ahead…

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