Adekunle Gold shares career journey says he used to trek in Lagos traffic to sell his CDs

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Adekunle Gold shares career journey says he used to trek in Lagos traffic to sell his CDs

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Popular Nigerian musician Adekunle Gold has shared his story about how he came up in his career. He revealed how he used to walk in lagos traffic so he can sell his music.

Adekunle Gold is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He is married to another Nigerian singer named Simi and they have a daughter together the couple got married in 2019 in Lagos and welcomed their daughter in 2020.

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He has recently shared his music journey. He shared this in the newsletter he released alongside his latest album titled Tequilla Ever After.

This was on Froday, July 28. This album was anticipated by many and it has finally be released.

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In the newsletter, he narrated how he struggled to make it big. He shared that when he started music he would trek from Maryland to Ikeja to sell his CDs.

He says he kept pushing and pushing until things were good. He says he started as a member of the choir at his church back in the days.

He also revealed that his best friend, Michael, was a major contributor to his success as a musician.
He says while he was in the choir, he fought so hard to lead the choir but he was never given the chance.

He says his parents then moved from Ifako Ijaiye to Ikotun and it was there he met his now best friend Michael.
It was then that some others paid attention to his music.

He said he and Michael had love for music and this was what brought them close. The duo formed a band called Another Root of Jesse.

Adekunle says he was the songwriter and Michael was the producer.
The both of them hustled and hustled and were able to gather money to shoot their first music video in 2010.

He shared that till date he and his friend remain inseparable. Michael also produced some tracks on his newly-released album.