Lasun Alagbe
Popular singer, Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael, widely known as Zlatan Ibile, has opened up on how he changed his dream from being a footballer to being a singer.
The singer, in a recent interview at Echo Room, revealed that he had the dreams of playing for La Liga giants Barcelona and not doing music.
According to him, he had to change his plans after he failed in his WAEC exam.
He then became interested in music after one of his pals played a song he had made for him.
He added: “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 musical.”
