Laycon, winner of the 2020 Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) reality show has revealed that his late father wanted him to become an Engineer.
The 27-year-old rapper was speaking in a recent interview on Clout Africa‘s Radio show about his childhood and how his musical career started.
“I had always wanted to do music as a child but it got to a point where my father told me that he wanted me to become an Engineer while my mom chose Law for me,” he said.
“But I conned my parents after my Dad forced me to science class. While I was in SS 1, I discovered I didn’t enjoy being in science class even though I was a B student. It wasn’t fun, I was just reading to pass.
“So I told my mom to convince my dad that I preferred Law and I switched to Art class, knowing it would allow me pursue music. I started music professionally in 2012.”
Laycon also recounted how he had to chose between playing football and doing music as a profession.
“The point where I knew that there was no going back from music was in 2009. I used to be a good footballer, my brother had a friend who was an agent, he asked me to record a video of me playing football so he could send to Westham. That was when I had to choose between football and music. It was at that point I knew there was no going back. If I wasn’t doing music, I would have been a footballer.”
When asked to mention three Nigerian and international producers he would love to work with, Laycon picked Sarz, Don Jazzy, Master Kraft, Timberland, Swizz Beatz and Josh Blaze.
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In terms of collaborating with Nigerian and foreign musicians, Laycon picked Joe Boy, DJ Neptune, Yusuf Kunbai, Jay Z, Drake, Darmian Marley and Kofi.
The rapper has been pulling strings since he won the Big Brother Naija show. He emerged winner of the Best New Artist of The Year at the AEAUSA 2020 awards which held on Sunday night.
He beat other nominees including Daddy Andre, John Blaq, Ojayy Wright, Masauti, Zuchu, Chetekela, YKee Benda, Mickael, and Olakira to win the award.
Laycon got signed into Fierce Nation record label, in 2019. In the same year, he released Fierce, a track off his second EP titled Who Is Laycon where in he features Chinko Ekun and Reminisce. He also released another single Senseless on August 28, 2020 and put out the visuals to Hip Hop, a track off his 2019 EP.
Watch the interview below.
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