Nigerian singer, Asake has revealed that poverty made him venture into music.
Speaking in an interview with ABC News, the music star revealed that he was first a dancer.
However, he decided to become a singer because dancing couldn’t fetch him enough money.
Asake also revealed that his parents especially his father made him develop an interest in singing.
“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?” He said.
