Nigerian artist, Charles Chukwu popularly known as Crayon, has disclosed why he dumped his educational pursuit for music.
He revealed this in an interview with Hip TV, shared on Wednesday, where he said, that he pursued music after sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, five times.
According to him, it was during his fifth attempt, that he met a music friend named Baby Fresh who inspired him to make a “big sacrifice” for his career.
His words, “At the fifth time, I met Baby Fresh already, he used to work at Mavin. I won’t be able to juggle school and music at the same time because in Nigeria it’s quite stressful. Music alone is crazy.
“So I sat my parents down. I was like, ‘Mum and Dad, I want to make music.’ I said I feel like that’s what my heart is going for. My dad said just try this fifth one, if it doesn’t work out, you can go ahead and do music.”
He added that, he stepped out of the examination hall while the Post-UTME examination was still ongoing to face music.
Crayon further mentioned that, it was at that time he met Don Jazzy, who signed him into the record label.
