Nigerian rapper Eva Alordiah has sad that she abandoned music because it couldn’t sustain her financial needs.
In a bare-all session, the rapper who is considered one of the best female rappers in the country recounted how she struggled to make it in the music industry.
“Three years ago I was broke, depressed, and pissed off with my existence. I stood in front of my mirror one day and broke down crying, I felt I was living a lie, female rapper,” she said.
“I no longer knew who I was and I was going through one of the most painful ego deaths I had ever experienced. I remember yelling at God saying – “what the f…! what the f…do you want me to do. Show yourself dammeeeet!
“Through many days of journaling and communing with myself, I began to learn about identity and the Ego. And how I had become identified with what I did. It was tough for me to be anything else but that and that pissed me off even more. I wanted to be done with it. I needed to prove to myself that I could earn a living without fame.”
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Speaking further the 32-year old explained that she was only able to earn a good living in 2020 when she changed her focus and became a Content creator.
“In 2020 I focused on learning how to earn money online. I became an active content creator, started a new IG page, and shared my knowledge freely. Within nine months, I had earned almost N17m on IG without stress. In the middle of that win, one mosquito asked me to come to perform at a show for N100,000,” she added.
“You’ll never know the joy I felt when I said “No, thank you” and hung up the phone without remorse. Today, I am learning how to rap again, how to listen to music, how to enjoy it without pressure.”
Eva Alordiah started music officially in November 2011 when she released her debut EP, titled The GIGO E.P. In November 2014, she released her self-titled second EP. Her debut studio album, 1960: The Album, was released in September 2016.