By Wilson Adekumola
Popular Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Ahmed Oloade, professionally known as Asake has explained how he ventured into music instead of dancing.
The Lagos-born artiste said he was originally a dancer but added singing because dancing couldn’t fetch him enough money.
Asake who is also know as Mr Money made this known in a recent interview with ABC News.
The ‘Mr Money With The Vibe’ crooner who was announced alongside Kizz Daniel and two others as the top trending and most streamed artiste on February 3rd, 2023 by Audiomack, explained that his early exposure to music by his parents also influenced his 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?”
