Oxlade details experience selling bus tickets and food after running away from home to pursue music

Oxlade, a Nigerian singer and composer, has described how he survived after fleeing his family to pursue a music career.

According to the artist, he made a living by selling tickets and food (during parties).

Oxlade ran away from home to pursue a music career and was forced to sell bus tickets—a job common among motor park touts known colloquially as “agbero.”

During an interview, Oxlade revealed that he had to flee his family since his father, a university lecturer, would not support his ambition to become a musician.

Oxlade said:

“Honestly, he [my dad] was indifferent at first. But my stubbornness and consistency paid off [laughs].

“I ran away from the house at some point in my life to pursue music personally. And I had to do all sorts of stuff to survive. Selling bus tickets and selling foods at parties.”

Oxlade advised the youth against giving up on their dreams.

Watch the interview below:

"I ran away from home at some point… I sold bus tickets and I sold food at parties"

– Oxlade pic.twitter.com/YwV0vOUAh1

— 🐬 @𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗷𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗯𝗼𝘆 (@OneJoblessBoy) May 7, 2023

Who is Oxlade and what is his real name?

Oxlade (Ikuforiji Olaitan Abdulrahman) is a Nigerian singer and composer signed to Troniq Music, Epic Records in France, and Fuenlabrada Records in the United Kingdom.

Oxlade was born on April 22, 1997 in Surulere, a Lagos suburb.

He was reared by his father and grandmother when his mother died while he was young.

His father worked as a lecturer at Lagos State University, where he studied History and International Relations.

He enrolled for two years before leaving to pursue a musical career.