As a young musician, Reekado Banks has worked with the cream of the Nigerian music industry including Don Jazzy, Illbliss, Tiwa Savage, Olamide, Korede Bello, Di’Ja and Wale. However, his rise to prominence has not been smooth, as the Mavin Records’ act revealed during MySuperStarStory interview.
Born Solomon Ayoleyi Hanniel, the Ondo State indigene disclosed that after informing his parents of his intention to pursue a career in music and getting their blessing, he had to hawk blenders on the streets and work as a labourer at a construction site, in a bid to earn some money to record his songs.
Banks also revealed that at a point, a lecturer at his university told him that he would never make it in life, after preventing him from retaking a test he missed. But then, his turning point came with the Mavin Records’ audition where he was picked out of over 5,000 hopefuls.
The dreadlocked act, now popular for his ballad, ‘Katapot’ credited his triumph to God. “There is no amount of sacrifice that was enough to get me something this big,” he said.
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