Nigerian rapper Blaqbonez has shared how his family was not in support of his decision to pursue music at the beginning of his career.
He explained during the Off The Record podcast that his parents believed success in music was very rare and often advised him that only a small number of people make it while many others struggle without results.
Despite this, he held on to his belief that he could be among those who succeed and chose to continue building his craft.
Blaqbonez said he did not take their early doubts as a reason to stop.
He felt it was a difference in thinking between his generation and theirs, and he remained confident in his direction even when support was low.
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At a point, he briefly stepped away from music, but later returned with more focus and caution. He also described how he continued working on his music quietly, even creating a separate online identity to share his rap content without drawing attention at home.
He recounted a situation where his mother discovered his activities after he unintentionally linked his music account to someone else, which exposed his secret online presence.
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According to him, this led to confrontation after repeated warnings from her to stop rapping.
“They used to tell me that only one in one thousand blows, the remaining 999 struggles. My mum caught me, one time, she was like stop this rapping….I’m like okay, cool, before I had an account I use to do all these rapping was my real name, I decided that I was going to create a fake account and go about my online account so that I can push my rap.
“So, in one of my raps, I did not know what I was doing, I think I tagged somebody and I didn’t know that when you tag somebody, it will show up on anybody that is on their profile. I’m like, who told you I can’t be that one?”
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