Popular rapper Remilekun Khalid Safaru popularly known as Reminisce has discussed the music business and his dreams for his children’ future professions.
He emphasised the difficulties and unpredictability of the sector in a Pulse audio appearance.
Reminisce said that only a few people succeed in the music business, likening it to professional football.
Since even gifted people might not succeed in the music industry, he emphasised the value of education and having a fallback plan.
Even though music has been successful for him, he stated that he does not want his kids to make music their main occupation.
Instead, he advises them to prioritise education and consider music as a secondary option.
He stressed that less than five percent of people succeed in the music industry, using the analogy of Ronaldo’s success compared to thousands who don’t make it.
He said:
“No, I don’t want my children to do music, and I don’t think they should. I’m not speaking as an African parent; I’m speaking from my experience.
“The thing is, music is crazy. You can be the most talented person and end up with nothing; it’s like football. I have friends whom I used to play football with, and some of them ended up having professional deals, and I have people who are 43 like me and are still hoping to get something.
“It might never happen, and so what I would say is, ‘Fine, get yourself a basic education first that you can pursue.’ So if it ends up coming, fine, and if it doesn’t, fine. But to say that I start pushing them tonight from the onset, no, because it’s really tough. Its crazy so I would prefer to put you on the right path but the primary thing, the education, get that first. If you want to pursue it, I would support you. But music as a first choice? No. It is rough and difficult; it is less than 5% of people that make these things.
“For every Ronaldo you see, there are 9000 people who didn’t make it. Hey, the basics are done first to have something to fall back on in case it doesn’t work out. I’m not going to convince any child to say it’d work out for them because it worked out for me. It may never happen”.
