Nigerian rapper and winner of the 2020 BBNaija reality TV show, Laycon has recounted the sacrifices he has had to make in order to pursue his passion for music.
The fast rising entertainer shared his story during an Instagram live session with popular media personality, Adesope Olajide which was monitored by TheNewsGuru.
“I did university cyphers when I was in school. From 2014-2016, it was all young, black and gifted. I put money, energy, sacrifices, I skipped classes to make sure I released a major body of work and I put it out in 2016.It has gotten me where I am at right now.
I was always making sacrifices for music. I stayed home for three years because I wanted to be admitted into the University of Lagos.I stayed home for three years not because I wasn’t getting admission into other schools, but I didn’t want to get admission into any other school aside from UNILAG.Because I know when you get into UNILAG, you meet people that will help you and influence your music. There was a time I could have chosen football. I dumped football because of music. Even in Secondary school I changed my class from Science department to Art department because of music, although I lied. I told my mother I wanted to be a lawyer. She had to go to the school to convince them to allow me change because they were saying they were not going to let me change because I was doing well in the science daprtment.I needed something that would give me a foundation in the arts. I have sacrificed a whole lot for music. I had known I wanted to do music and nothing else”.
Laycon who recently released his debut album, ‘Shall we begin’ also confessed that he went into Big Brother Naija with the intention to promote his EP.
“I went into BBNaija to promote my EP and found myself spending the whole duration of the show and then got out winning”.
Asked about his music influences, the ‘Fierce’ crooner said: ”My dad was a Yoruba man so he was always playing Musiliu Ishola, Haruna Ishola, Yusuf Olatunji and Ayinla Omowura.I listened to a whole lot of Juju, Fuji and Apala and then my mother would always spice it up with foreign artistes like Tina Turner , Lionel Richie and Michael Jackson those were the people I listened to while growing up and it influenced the way I perceived music”, he said.
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