I once worked as a bricklayer to survive

I once worked as a bricklayer to survive – Reekado Banks

As a prominent young Nigerian artiste,
Reekado Banks has worked with the cream of
the Nigerian music industry including Don
Jazzy, Illbliss, Tiwa Savage, Olamide, Korede
Bello, Di’Ja and Wale. The story of his rise to
prominence however, has not been smooth, as
the Mavin Records recording artiste disclosed
during a #MySuperStarStory interview.
Reekado-Banks
Born Solomon Ayoleyi Hanniel, the Ondo State
indigene revealed that after informing his
parents of his intention to pursue a career in
music and getting their blessing, he had to
hawk blenders in traffic and work as a manual
labourer at a construction site in a bid to earn
some money to use to record.
He also revealed that at one point, a lecturer
at the university told him that he will never
make it after preventing him from retaking a
test he missed.
His turning point came with the Mavin
Records audition where he was picked out of
over 5,000 hopefuls. The dreadlocked act, now
popular for his ballad “ Katapot” credited this
triumph to God. In his words, “There is no
amount of sacrifice that was enough to get me
something this big.”

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