{"id":57012,"date":"2024-11-26T11:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T11:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=57012"},"modified":"2024-11-26T11:16:02","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T11:16:02","slug":"skales-opens-up-on-mums-death-family-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/11\/26\/skales-opens-up-on-mums-death-family-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Skales Opens Up on Mum&#8217;s death, Family Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Cynthia Abah<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian singer Skales has once again laid bare the depth of his grief over his mother\u2019s passing in October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the &#8220;Shake Body&#8221; hitmaker wrote, \u201cMen, I wish I could bring back my mother,\u201d sparking an emotional wave of support from fans.<\/p>\n<p>In a heartfelt interview with VJ Adams, Skales, 33, revealed how the loss of his mother reshaped his priorities, leaving him with deep regrets about not starting a family earlier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m like the only person in my bloodline that is alive right now. So, the whole bloodline relies on me to produce [children],\u201d he confessed, highlighting the pressure he feels to preserve his family legacy.<\/p>\n<p>The singer also touched on the strain in his marriage, describing how his grief and loneliness have complicated his personal life.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these challenges, Skales continues to turn to music as an outlet for his emotions and a bridge to his fans.<\/p>\n<p>His raw honesty has not only endeared him to supporters but also shone a light on the often-hidden struggles of balancing loss, legacy, and life in the spotlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Abah Nigerian singer Skales has once again laid bare the depth of his grief over his mother\u2019s passing in October 2022. Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the &#8220;Shake Body&#8221; hitmaker wrote, \u201cMen, I wish I could bring back my mother,\u201d sparking an emotional wave of support from fans. In a heartfelt interview with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":57014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57012"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57015,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57012\/revisions\/57015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}