Nigerian artist Joeboy has stated that working temporarily at a sachet water mill during a strike while at university fueled his desire to become a renowned musician.
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He expressed concern that due of the difficulties he encountered when looking for work as an undergraduate, he would not be able to find a lucrative position once he graduated.
In the newest episode of the Afrobeats Intelligence Podcast, Joeboy stated, “I studied Human Resources and Personal Management. When I was in university, there was a three-month strike. So I decided to acquire a job, and I searched for one for almost three months around Lagos. I did not receive 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 [in the music industry].”
He described his life as a “miracle,” stressing that some people advised his former record label boss, Mr Eazi, not to sign him but he miraculously got signed to Empawa and his music career skyrocketed.
The singer said not even his parents expected that he would become a musician.
Joeboy, who recently existed Empawa and launched his own record label, Young Legend, said he had “the best label deal in Afrobeats history in Nigeria”.