Popular singer Adekunle Gold has said that getting sacked from his job pushed him to global stardom. He recently opened up on his astonishing rise to fame, and fans have been reacting.
Speaking during an interview with NandoLeaks, the “Pick Up” crooner revealed that he was fired from his job as a graphic designer, and the harsh decision stemmed from a company restructure that had nothing to do with his underperformance.
According to him, while the reality was a devastating blow at the time, it was the pivotal kick he desperately needed to take a different path.
Faced with the reality of either sinking or singing, Adekunle stated that he had to embrace his musical journey to become successful.
“2014. I left my job. I was told to go. You know what, they fired me. That’s what happened.
I feel like the company wasn’t growing the way they wanted it to be, so I just had to go,” he said.
AG Baby further noted that moving from creating visuals to recording sounds was a bold decision that changed his life forever.
The father of one concluded by saying that he had been preparing himself to be an artist since his younger days in the choir.
“So I said before I go to find another job, let me try. Let me give this music thing a shot.
The first song I wrote was ‘Sade’. And Sade was a cover of One Direction’s ‘Story of My Life’.
Olamide obviously heard the song. I designed the logo for his label YBNL.
The song blew up and yeah….that’s how I got here. I was ready all my life. I feel like I was just waiting for the moment for someone to discover me. I’ve been preparing since I was in the choir, learning to write songs.
The first album I ever bought with my money was ‘Overexposed (2012)’ by Maroon 5. I listened to that pop album so much….and then discovering Bruno Mars music. So I was ready. I was preparing myself. I was just learning to be good at this thing I love so much.
After I released Sade, I had other songs already that I didn’t want to release. I had ‘Orente’. I just released it after Sade blew up. Then I released ‘Pick Up.’
Gold literally started my journey. The album was no.7 on the Billboard World Music Charts. That gave me so much joy, knowing the story, knowing how I fought for that. God blessed the album and it took me out.
I had not travelled anywhere before all my life. The first time I travelled to London, I had ‘Sade’ and ‘Orente’ and those two songs took me everywhere and then the album dropped,” he added.
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