Veteran Tanzanian musician Lukas Mkenda, popularly known as Mr. Nice, has revealed that when he became successful in life and also started life as a parent, he had to lose some friends.
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He has explained that there are some things he used to do in the old days that are now outdated, so he cannot continue to have those old friends.
In an interview with a journalist, he explained that his old friends see him as someone who has run out of things because he stopped engaging with them and changed his lifestyle.
“Some say Mr. Nice is running out; that’s why these days he pretends to have reduced his friends. No, now I have three children; at that time I didn’t have children. I was a very different person. There are places where life just has to change, whether you want it or not,” said Mr. Nice.
‘I am now over 40. Because if I reach 47, it’s not nearly 50, God willing. The life I was living in the past I can’t live right now. Now I can only get around on foot, now that people say he has run out of money these days, even if he has sold his car or doesn’t have money for gas. All of that is being talked about,” the musician continued.
Mr. Nice Explains How Friends Abandoned Him When He Became Successful in Music
Mr. Nice explained that he has a goal that sometimes makes him walk and leave his car. According to him, one of those goals is to at least reach people and know their situation. He also explained that when people see him without a car, they should be grateful because it is the only chance to meet him and at least greet each other.
‘You want me to see you by car every hour? I told you I am disabled. I was not born in a car. How many times will you see me if I walk by car? You should be grateful if I walk because you have seen me and even greet me,” he said.
The musician stressed that as age progresses, a person should also abandon youthful habits because responsibilities also increase.
“Life has changed; I have become an adult with a family. I need those friends who say Mr. Nice is gone to understand that. An enemy is a friend. No one far away can say Mr. Nice is gone. Even someone far away can’t come and steal it from you because they don’t know where that thing is, a friend,” the musician explained further.
Mr. Nice is a veteran Tanzanian artist and one of the most popular singers in East Africa, dominating East African music in the early 2000s alongside Uganda’s Jose Chameleone and Kenya’s Jua Cali.
