Talented singer, Simi Kosoko, also known as Simi, has stated that music taught her to fight for whatever she wants.
In an Instagram live session, the singer revealed that her mum paid the prize to give her the best.
“My mom worked really hard and I went to great schools. I did not fight for anything. I feel like everything I had before then was handed over to me. I got good grades because I was smart. I did not like reading. I only used to read days before taking the exam. Everything I had was easy for me.”
“Music was the one thing I wanted desperately, but it was not handed to me. So it taught me how to fight. It taught me not to sit down and wait for things to be handed to me. I always tell people, nobody owes one anything. Nobody owes you your growth.”
Simi also admitted that there were times she was scared about how her career would turn out.
“One would always be afraid, because one doesn’t know what will happen (eventually). One doesn’t know if people will like one’s song. There are many people that started in the industry with me, but things did not work out the way they wanted. There is no guarantee for success.”
“You can’t be waiting for people to believe in you, because people tend to believe in the things that are(already) working. People will invest their time and resources if they see that you have done the same thing for yourself. There were days I was scared. I felt stuck and I used to feel so sad.”
She revealed that she was not bothered when they used to criticise her for her dress sense.
“I remember when they used to say that, to succeed as a female artiste, one had to dress in a certain way. I am really stubborn and I was resolute that I don’t want to get success on anybody’s terms. People used to bash me, saying I did not dress like a celebrity.”
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