The Nigerian musician Dr Sid, whose real name is Sidney Onoriode Esiri, has explained why he moved to the United States of America.
The “Surulere” hitmaker revealed that he moved to Houston, Texas, in 2023, after landing a position with a New York-based company that allowed him to work remotely, in an interview on the “No Man’s Friend” podcast.
The 44-year-old musician added that another important consideration in his choice was the presence of his best buddy and family in Houston.
“I moved to Houston, Texas last year. I got a job in a company in New York and they offered me the opportunity to move to the state and work remotely in any state of my choice,” he said.
“I have family in Houston, my best friend lives here, so living in Houston was an easy choice.”
Sid also revealed that he ventured into the gaming and e-sports industry, focusing on game development, tournaments, and education training for the past year and a half.
“I have been working on gaming, tournaments, game development and education training for the last year and a half,” he added.
In 2023, Sid revealed why he left the music industry for film production.
“I had pretty much lived my dream, I had done every single thing I wanted to do in music, I had won awards, I had toured the world, I had hit records, and when I put out the last body of work that I did, it did not get the response that I was expecting,” he had said.
“I have always wanted to make film so for me, that was the next evolution in my career. So I had to make a conscious decision, say you know what? I have given music time, and I can always go back to it if I want to but I want to give time to this film but then while doing that as well, I am also a gamer.
“I happened to be in America at a gaming conference and I realised that gaming was a $3 billion industry, the gaming industry makes more money than music and film combined. So I said to myself why are we dulling on this in Africa? So I came back and I started a company to build the Nigerian gaming echo system.”
