‘I got admitted into university at 14’ – Ayra Starr reveals

• Ayra Starr revealed that she got into school early because she had wanted to become a teenage pop star 
• According to her, her mother had insisted that she would have to finish school because pursuing her music career 

Grammy nominated Nigerian Singer Ayra Starr has stunned many with her academic achievement at a very young age.

The singer revealed that she got admitted into university at the age of 14.

She claimed that she earned her degree early because her mother had insisted that she complete her education before pursuing her dream of being a teenage pop star.

Ayra Starr revealed this in a recent interview with Billboard News, a major American media outlet.

In her words:

“I got into the university at 14. I feel like my mum has been using music to blackmail me since I was a child. She was like, ‘If you want to do music, you have to do this.’ When she suggested we relocate to Lagos from Benin Republic, I declined initially, but she convinced me that Lagos is the land of music.

“She insisted that if I want to do music, I would have to finish school first. Usually, a lot of people in Nigeria finish secondary school at 15, 16. I knew that if I waited till I’m 15 [before completing my secondary school], I won’t be able to be a teenage pop star. And I wanted to be a teenage pop star. So, I joined my elder brother and wrote JAMB, what you guys called SAT here.

“To be honest, the result wasn’t crazy to get me onto all these Ivy League schools but it was enough to pass by. It was enough for my mum. I got admitted into a good school. My course was for three years. It was International Relations. And immediately after my graduation, I started doing music covers online and that same year I got signed [to Mavin Records label].”