American rapper, Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, better known by his stage name Wale, has shared that, his Nigerian parents never liked him becoming a musician.
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Wale, who now believes Nigerian parents are the toughest, shared that when he began his career as a rapper and got signed by record label, Interscope, in 2008, which is said to have been a $1.3 million deal, his parent, however, were not impressed.
He said a week after signing to the label, his parents asked him to go get a job as they didn’t regard his music career as a job.
He said, his parents have never been impressed with him becoming a musician and said, maybe that is why he is the way he is.
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Wale shared this in a tweet he made today and many of his Nigerian fans have since related to his story.
Though the 36 years old rapper was born and raised in America, it seems his Yoruba parents never stopped being Africans, and raised him with the African parent mindset – they used to regard only doctors, engineers, pilots, and other professional jobs as a career.
Find his tweet below…
Remembering when I signed wit interscope and a week later they asked me to get a job 馃槀馃槀馃槀 They never impressed and that鈥檚 maybe why I鈥檓 like this
— Wale (@Wale) August 25, 2021
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