NIGERIA music act, Joseph Akinwale, known popularly as Joeboy, has opened up on the stress he went through when looking for a job and how it affected his decision to focus on music.
According to the “Sip” crooner, it all happened when he was in school and there was a strike, so he had to search for a job to make ends meet and couldn’t find one as he had to settle for a pure water marketer.
Speaking in the latest episode of the Afrobeats Intelligence Podcast, Joeboy said, “I studied Human Resources and Personal Management. When I was in the university, there was a strike for like three months. So I decided to get a job, and I was searching for a job for like three months in the whole of Lagos. I did not get one single job.
“There was even a time I worked in a pure water factory as a marketer. At that point I was like, ‘I’m looking so hard for a job and I can’t find any. Is this how I’m going to end up when I finish school?’ So that was also a trigger. I told myself, ‘You really have to make sure you make it [through music ].”
The 26-year-old All Africa Music Award winner was signed to Mr Eazi's record label, Empawa Music, which helped skyrocket his music career. He currently runs his record label, Young Legend.
