I never had the intention of becoming a musician – Zlatan

Zlatan has opened up on how he stumbled into the Nigerian music industry as he never intended to become a musician.
The singer revealed he used to play for a local club but always wanted to play for Barcelona.
Zlatan said his friend who was a singer inspired him to become a musician.

Popular Nigerian rapper, Zlatan Ibile has revealed that his dream career was to be a football player.

The ‘Zanku’ crooner said he wanted to play for La Liga giants, Barcelona, after failing at school.

Zlatan Ibile explained that he never had the intention of being a musician, stressing that he stumbled into music.

In an interview with Echo Room, Zlatan said he picked interest in music after one of his friends played a song he recorded for him. In his words:

“I was not a bright student in secondary school. I struggled with Mathematics and Accounting. I was in a Commercial class. I failed my WAEC and I was supposed to sit at home for a year. All my dream was to play for Barcelona.

“I tried my possible best but the corruption in Nigerian football discouraged me. I was playing for a local club then. When I failed WAEC, I was going to sit down at home for a year, and then one of my friends came and played his record for me.

“I told him to take me to the studio the next time he was going. That was how I became a musician. I never had the intention of being a musician.”

In a similar story, Grammy award winning afrobeat singer, Damini Ogulu better known by his stage name, Burna Boy revealed that his early career path was in football.

He said that he was a good footballer, but he decided to switch to music because he was better at goalkeeping and was not happy that he “didn’t feel important.”

Also, Afropop singer, Peter Okoye aka Mr P, has revealed that the original career path he wanted to follow in his youth was football and not music.