Nigerian fast-rising musician Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, also known as Spyro, has urged his colleagues to relax because being a celebrity is a privilege, not a right.
The gospel singer added that fame is merely a gift from God and that no star, including himself, should feel the need to be “worshipped” for their actions, even if they are cruel to others, in a post that was posted on his Instagram page.
Spyro spoke up in favour of his colleagues being kind, but he also shared how his life changed when he saw the late Sound Sultan assist someone years ago.
He remembered how the late singer chased after a thief who stole a person’s phone at a party. Spyro said that despite not knowing the phone owner personally, Sound Sultan acted swiftly by giving the thief a hot chase. In Spyro’s words:
“Being a celebrity is a privilege and an opportunity not anyone’s birthright… It doesn’t make us different from anyone else, we’ve only found grace and it’s not for us to isolate ourselves and turn ourselves to God ,constantly expecting to be worshipped and praised while being unkind to our fellow human.”
“Why not be human.
Why not show some little kindness… It will go a long way. I do the little I do today because a man called “SOUNDSULTAN” chose to be kind,I saw him show kindness when he didn’t have to.You actions as a celebrity have ripple effects on people so be careful, you can kill millions of destinies just by moving wrong and yet you can give life by doing right.
WHICH ONE E GO BE 😊.”“I once saw soundsultan chasing after a thief that stole someones phone at a party in trying to help someone he doesn’t even know …like proper chasing o(he ran after the guy like Usain Bolt 😂, that for me out of the many things I saw him do was a moment of truth. IT CHANGED ME.
He is gone now but his legacy lives on.A LITTLE KINDNESS WILL GO A LONG WAY. My message is most especially to the young and up coming celebrities pls NO GAIN IN HOSTILITY and also remember Same God that gives can take.
#StandBySomeone#StandByYou .”
