As a prominent young Nigerian artiste, Reekado
Banks has worked with 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.
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
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.”
Watch Reekado Banks’ #MySuperStarStory Video
below:-
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