I sacrificed remarrying for my children – KSB

Gospel and motivational singer, Kenny Saint Best, popularly known as KSB, has said that she didn’t give marriage a second chance because of her children.

In an exclusive chat with Bliss, the veteran singer who was once married to Eddy Brown of the defunct Remedies group said it wasn’t easy taking care of the children alone but it was a choice she chose to make.

She said, “I didn’t want to bring up my children under a man that wouldn’t provide for them. I didn’t want to marry a man whose children will influence my children. I was very finicky about the way I trained my children as such, I decided to remain single until they become adults. I pray for them, I teach them in the ways of the Lord. I know everything about my children. I didn’t yield myself to another being. After yielding myself to the Holy Spirit, I yielded myself to my children. I died to give myself to my children. Saying I sacrificed for them is even an understatement.”

But KSB would say it wasn’t easy training the children all alone.

“It wasn’t easy taking care of the children alone. It is still not easy. In my household, all you hear is “Mummy”, nobody calls Daddy. If there was a Daddy, we would have shared responsibilities and I would have had my own me time. I sold my gold jewelry and even my car to pay school fees. I don’t have any house. But I am about to reap the harvest.”

Marriage was not the only thing KSB sacrificed in order to give her children a better life. She said she equally retired from music at some point because of her kids.

“During the COVID year, I needed to attend to my kids who were children at that time. I didn’t want anybody to help me raise them. The kind of school I wanted them to go was expensive. My career was making demands and it was that same money I was using to make music. It was either I was going to use such money for their education or use it to pursue music. My option was my children. I didn’t want to postpone giving my children quality education. They would have outgrown that age and I wouldn’t have outgrown music. I had to step out of limelight to give them the best future.”

And now, KSB is back and she did so with a bang, releasing a 13 tracker album called Symphonies of Glory.

Talking about the album, KSB said she wanted to dedicate the entire album to sing about God’s glory.

“The album is centered on God’s glory, splendor and majesty. He specifically told me to sing about His glory. And that’s what I did in this album. The new album is different from what I used to do which is afrobeat.”

When asked if she regrets going into gospel music since secular music could have made her more popular, KSB said never.

“My contemporaries in the secular music back then were all about sexiness. I couldn’t go that route. I had to bow out of the stage then to let them do their thing.
I didn’t desire secular music at all. I didn’t wish it and I still don’t. The demand for the sexiness is stronger now. The artistes now do butt enlargement, they don’t wear bra, they were bum shorts, and they tie tiny cloth on their waists. They do all sorts because the younger ones are coming and they have the body and they will do all sorts to compete with the younger for the attention.

“Secular music wasn’t attractive to me then, it is still not attractive to me now. I knew I had a message for inspiration. Why would I go the sexiness route when my message is different? I wasn’t selling lust. I am for songs that will make you see there is light at the end of the tunnel and you don’t have to be high on weed.”