Indeed, success has got no single route. As the pidgin rendition goes: “Any way, na way.” In all facets of life, this is true especially when it comes to finding your passion and career path.

There are a lot of paths people take before finally ending up where they’re meant to be.

In today’s list, we shall give you the demo of 5 Nigerian celebrities who you may not have known actually tried their hands on rapping.

Let’s go!

 

Frank Edoho:

Frank Edoho is popular today for being the host of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? But many do not know that before getting into the career he has today, he started as a rapper. Speaking about his time as a rapper and why he left it, Frank Edoho said:

Back then, I was well-known as MC Frank during my years at the University of Calabar. I’m a hip-hop head because I used to listen to a lot of rap music. One day, in school, I did a rap to an instrument that was playing during a show I was anchoring on campus. I was like ‘Hey, I can flow on the beat’ and the audience said, ‘I can’t’. So, the DJ hit the instrument and I started freestyling until the crowd started shouting. I thought the shouting was to tell me that I was doing badly – I didn’t know it was an ovation. So after the show, I felt I should maximize the skill but there was no money in rap back then, and that was how I abandoned it.”

 

Jim Iyke:

At least, we all saw when Nollywood actor Jim Iyke decided to go into music as a rapper. It was met with heavy backlash and a lot of laughter at the actor, but don’t worry, Jim is laughing about it today too. Speaking about his time as a rapper, Jim Iyke said:

I jumped into music and you know what? That was a humbling experience. Cuz at the end of the day I discovered that I was probably the worst rapper ever. But I enjoyed the experience.”

 

Genevieve Nnaji

Do you remember those times a number of high-end Nollywood actors and actresses were blacklisted from acting? Do you also remember that Genevieve Nnaji was one of them? Oh well, she took up music. What many don’t know because they only know her famous “No More” song is that Genevieve also released an album during that time called “One Logo logo Line” which has on it track 5, a song called “Bump It Up” that showcases Genevieve’s rapper side. Genevieve rapped on that track and it is till today one of the standout tracks from the record.

 

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