Mavin Records star Reekado Banks has revealed he was on the verge of quitting music shortly
before music mogul Don Jazzy picked him up via Twitter. The Unilag graduate in an interview
with Punch says he had decided
to leave music alone, focus on his
education and hopefully get a
decent job after graduation. “Two years ago, I wanted to quit
music. I did not know I would be
famous. At that point in my life, I
was fed up because everything
was not working right for me and
it was very tiring. I felt like I was wasting my time doing music and
it seemed that everything was
working against me. I was very
frustrated at the period and it
was a very difficult time for me. I
was in school and I had it on mind to face my studies squarely and
hopefully, get a job later in life.
When I was about to give up, I
told myself to give music one
more chance and God performed
a miracle. It is God’s grace that helped me forge ahead,” he said. Recounting how he was signed by Don Jazzy via Twitter, he said “Don Jazzy sent out a message on the Internet that people should
send a demo of their songs to
him. Luckily for me, my brother
sent mine to him. Ironically, my
brother did not tell me because at
the time, we were not on talking terms but he still did that for me
regardless. To cut the long story
short my song was picked out of
5,000 entries,” the singer said. Reekado Banks added that one of his lifelong dream is to own a
house where he can eat in the
toilet.