Jamal Lawal, the US-based son of popular Nigerian gospel singer, Monique who is known for her hit song ‘let your power flow’ with colleague Mike Abdul, has chosen to mark this year’s thanksgiving ceremony in style.
After having gone through surgery the week before, Jamal Lawal held no barriers back in ensuring that he ate all he wanted and giving thanks to God for the gift of life, while marking Thanksgiving on Thursday, November 24th, 2022.
Monique’s son, Jamal wrote “HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE. I am grateful to GOD for my life and my family, Thank God for making me see this beautiful day, thank God for the doctors that operated on me, Thank you mum and dad and Mofe for standing by me, Thank you, daddy Mike for praying for me, and everyone that prayed for me. I am recovering well, glory be to God”
Gospel singer’s Monique relationship with Mike Abdul
Kemi Filani recalls that recently, Mike Abdul was at the 40th birthday of his friend, Monique where he revealed what many people don’t know about Monique and how they met in 2010 in a chat with Sunday Adigun.
“2010 was the first time I met her. It was her husband who first called me and said we will like to have you on a song by Monique and I was like seriously ehn ehn Oya and they sent me the song, I kind of liked it and I was like wow.
Let’s do it and it happened to be Kabiyesi Oba Gbogbo Aye and I think in 2011, we released a song, and, of course, by 2012, I got another call from the couple and they wanted me to manage the artiste and I was like wow!
Great job and then we started. By 2012 we started as a record label Spaghetti Records and, of course, she was the first artiste signed to the label.
By 2013, I needed to drop my own first work, guess what then, I dropped Mo Rire written by Monique, it was amazing.
Dropped it on the record label Factanic in 2014. We dropped Power Flow by Monique, it was just a blessing for us, a big blessing.
It was 3 years of back-to-back blessings. It was beautiful for us and since then it has been like that, God has helped us.
God has put us through a lot. It has been a beautiful working relationship with her, I am looking forward to more.
On how Monique and Mike Abdul’s dating rumor began
“When people get successful at their work, people would talk especially when it happens to be a man and a woman.
People would make up their minds about what they think is going on, so I didn’t think it was anything to bother about.
Well, I don’t think it’s a big deal. When I was young I have seen artists who worked together and people decided to believe that they were married or they were doing stuff or whatever.
In Midnight Crew, you know we are 2 guys and 2 ladies, and people decided that we were married.
Many things went on. Stories were everywhere so it was something I have gotten used to, something that I know that people would say, I think that you know it yourself, I think you should live your life, enjoy your life.
Know yourself, know what you are doing, and don’t be stupid, but for people who already have made up their mind about you, don’t bother, that is it.” Mike Abdul clarified.
