VETERAN indigenous rapper, Remilekun Khalid Safaru, known by his stage name, Reminisce, has made it known that he is not in support of his children going into music.
The “Alaga Ibile” during a podcast appearance on Pulse, gave his reasons as he believes it is more important for his children to get an education first rather than pursue music
In a long narrative, Reminisce stated that the industry’s unpredictability and challenges are also a major concern as he compares music to football.
He said: “No, I don’t want my children to do music, and I don’t think they should. I’m not speaking as an African parent; I’m speaking from my experience.
“The thing is, music is crazy. You can be the most talented person and end up with nothing; it’s like football. I have friends whom I used to play football with, and some of them ended up having professional deals, and I have people who are 43 like me and are still hoping to get something.
"It might never happen, and so what I would say is, ‘Fine, get yourself a basic education first that you can pursue.’ So if it ends up coming, fine, and if it doesn’t, fine. But to say that I start pushing them tonight from the onset, no, because it’s really tough.
"It's crazy so I would prefer to put you on the right path but the primary thing, the education, get that first. If you want to pursue it, I would support you. But music as a first choice? No. It is rough and difficult; it is less than 5% of people that make these things.
“For every Ronaldo you see, there are 9000 people who didn’t make it. Hey, the basics are done first to have something to fall back on in case it doesn’t work out. I’m not going to convince any child to say it’d work out for them because it worked out for me. It may never happen”.
