Asake also said his early exposure to music by his dad made him develop an interest in singing and aided his rise to stardom
By Kehinde Okeowo
Popular Afrobeats singer and songwriter, Ahmed Oloade, better known as Asake has revealed why he left dancing for singing.
According to the ‘Mr Money With The Vibe’ who was originally a dancer, poverty made him consider a change of career and ultimately turned him into a singer.
Asake made the revelation in a recent interview with ABC News, where he also argued that singing fetched him more money than dancing.
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The 24-year-old went on to say early exposure to music by his father also made him develop an interest in singing and positively influenced his rise to stardom.
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?”