
Some people are bold enough to take risks that could be deadly
or catastrophic in life, but as it is widely said; most risk takers
have become successful in life.
The first female winner of MTN
Project Fame, Chidinma Ekile, was said to have sacrificed her JAMB
examination to be part of the talent hunt show, and at end of the day,
she emerged winner and today, she is a successful music star.
The
owners of Microsoft, and Facebook dropped out of school to pursue their
dreams, and today, they are parts of the richest people in the world.
For
Alexandra Abolore Adigun, better known as 9ice, climbing to the top
didn't come very easy. He was admitted to study law at the Lagos State
University (LASU), Ojo, but dropped out of school to pursue a career in
music, which eventually paid off for him.
The singer started
attracting the curiosity of music faithfulls in Nigeria with his song;
‘Little Money’ around year 2005, but he said that the song was recorded
around 2000. Soon after, he stole the hearts of many music lovers with
‘Ganja’ and by then, he was seen as a good singer with prospects.
Even
though his voice sounds like a cracked one, this did not stop him from
becoming the darling of many music lovers. Later, 9ice became an A-list
artiste with his ‘Gongo Aso’, which ruled the music scene in Africa.
9ice
was one of the musicians privileged to perform in London during the
90th birthday celebration of the late South African leader, Nelson
Mandela some years ago. The Nigerian singer was reportedly paid heavily
for his performance, where he played his ‘Gongo Aso’ hit tune to the
delight of the audience.
Speaking recently in a radio interview, which was well monitored by
Nigeriafilms.com,
the Ogbomosho, Oyo State-born singer disclosed that he once used the
money meant to purchase a JAMB form for his sister, who happens to be
the last child of the family, for his music career.
“I used the
money given to me to purchase a JAMB form for the last child of our
family, Atinuke, to record ‘Little Money’. Those days, when you want to
get JAMB forms, you go to Ikoyi (Lagos) for it. When I got to the Third
Mainland Bridge, at Iyana Oworo end of the bridge, I started
contemplating whether to board a bus to Ikoyi or not. After some time, I
went to Akoka from there and headed to ID Cabasa’s studio and gave him
the N10,000 with me.
“I told him I would use the money to record
two songs, but I felt I should do ‘Little Money’ first. I can remember
while that song was still on the mix, some friends of Cabasa that came
around liked it and asked who did the song. They told Cabasa to quickly
finish mixing the song and get it released. Some of them gave me money
as a form of encouragement and I was able to get the N10,000 back,” 9ice
narrated.