Multiple award-winning musician, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid has revealed that he would have ended up hustling on the streets if he wasn’t doing music.
Speaking during an interview with the English model, Naomi Campbell, the 30-year-old revealed that he feels God used music to change his life knowing that he wasn’t born with a silver spoon.
“My parents aren’t wealthy. God blessed me to change the life of my family. “If I wasn’t blessed to be doing music I would have probably been on the streets. Music definitely changed everything for me.”
Speaking about his career, Wizkid lamented harder to make music in Nigeria. He explained that it does not matter what record label an artist is signed to, it does not mean that his/her song would be played.
“You have to grease some palms. I never do. I would never pay anyone to play my music but people do it. I don’t blame them that they do, there is so much music, you just want people to hear your stuff.”
“I am not from a rich family, and I wasn’t raised with a silver spoon, so I feel I was blessed, so I can be a blessing to my family and to those around me.
“I believe if I wasn’t making music I would have been on the streets hustling like every other kid.
”God blessed me with music, and it’s safe to say music changed my life. It also changed the life of those I love and care about,” he said.