the cream of the Nigerian music industry including Don Jazzy,
Illbliss, Tiwa Savage, Olamide, Korede Bello, Di'Ja and Wale. The
story of his rise to prominence however, has not been smooth, as the
Mavin Records recording artiste disclosed during a #MySuperStarStory
interview.
Reekado-Banks
Born Solomon Ayoleyi Hanniel, the Ondo State indigene revealed that
after informing his parents of his intention to pursue a career in
music and getting their blessing, he had to hawk blenders in traffic
and work as a manual labourer at a construction site in a bid to earn
some money to use to record.
He also revealed that at one point, a lecturer at the university told
him that he will never make it after preventing him from retaking a
test he missed.
His turning point came with the Mavin Records audition where he was
picked out of over 5,000 hopefuls. The dreadlocked act, now popular
for his ballad "Katapot" credited this triumph to God. In his words,
"There is no amount of sacrifice that was enough to get me something
this big."
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