Fast-rising singer, Charles Chukwu aka Crayon, has disclosed that he dumped his pursuit of a university education after sitting for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination five times.
The Marvin record signee stated this in an interview with Hip TV, published on Wednesday.
The Ijo Laba Laba crooner stated that during his fifth attempt, the singer said he met a music friend named Baby Fresh who inspired him to make a “big sacrifice” for his career.
He said, “At the fifth time, I met Baby Fresh already, he used to work at Mavin. I won’t be able to juggle school and music at the same time because in Nigeria it’s quite stressful. Music alone is crazy.
“So I sat my parents down. I was like, ‘Mum and Dad, I want to make music.’ I said I feel like that’s what my heart is going for. My dad said just try this fifth one, if it doesn’t work out, you can go ahead and do music.”
He further stated that he walked out of the Post-UTME hall at the University of Lagos in the middle of the tests because he did not want to scale through with the administration, but rather face music.
According to the Mavin star, it was at that moment that he met Don Jazzy, who signed him to the record company.
