Famous Nigerian singer, Ahmed Ololade, also known as Asake, has revealed that poverty made him leave dancing and consider a career in music.
The 24-year-old musician said he was originally a dancer but had to add singing because dancing didn’t fetch him enough money.
During a recent interview with ABC News, Asake said his early exposure to music by his father also made him develop an interest in singing.
He said: “My parents used to play me a lot of classical songs. They love listening to songs. The kind of father I have is the one that will wake up in the morning and have one cigarette then loud music.
“At the end of the day, I feel like I can actually sing. Then I added music to it. Maybe because I know how to dance then, I know how to bounce on music. I actually don’t want to be a musician in the first place. I just wanted to dance. It feels like water. I love everything that comes with dancing.
“But at the end of the day, after dancing I fell in love with having money too. Then I started thinking about it, is dance going to give me the kind of money I want?”
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