Singer Joe El Amadi has shared struggles with being constantly compared to music icon 2Baba due to their striking resemblance.

On the “Hoha” podcast, Joe El revealed that these comparisons have negatively impacted his career.

He claimed some music executives and media personalities denied him access to their platforms solely because of his likeness to 2Baba.

According to him, he felt frustrated and isolated, even experiencing backlash from 2Baba’s team when trying to pay homage.

He said: “The downsides of 2Baba comparisons almost broke me down. Some presenters at Cool FM and Sound City, and an event planner at Festac Carnival 2013, denied me access to their platforms for looking like 2Baba,” he claimed.

“The Sound City presenter even confronted me at Club Rumours one time boasting that he was the one that ordered presenters at his station not to play my songs because I was mimicking 2Face.

“The event planner at Festac Carnival insisted that I won’t perform because I look like their King 2Face. The same thing happened when I went for an interview at Cool FM; the presenter said he can’t interview someone who imitates 2Face.

“I complained to my mum and my record label boss, Baba Keke but they urged to be calm. Sometimes, when I try to pay homage to 2Face when we meet in public, some of his team members will block me.”