This might come as a shock to many lovers of Mr Eazi and his work as in a recent interview with Saturday Beats, the Leg Over singer revealed that he did not own a car.
In his explanation, he stated that he preferred using Uber. He further said,
“If
your self-esteem is based on how much you have in your bank account,
then you have a serious self-esteem issue. Right from when I sang my
very first song, someone offered me N80m record deal but I turned it
down and at the time, I did not have N300,000 in my account.
“My
first record deal offer from the UK was £356,000, I turned it down but
at the time, I had done a tour and the total amount I earned was
£12,500. I used the money to shoot the videos of some of my songs. I was
left with £20; they were offering me £365,000, but I turned it down.
The reason I did that was because my value was not dependent on what was
in my account.
“Till today, I use Uber but I do not care and by
the way, I don’t even pay for the ride because I was given Uber credit.
But if you see me in the Uber vehicle and feel that Mr Eazi is poor,
what is my business (with that)? For instance, everybody around me has
cars, and besides, I buy cars for people. If it makes sense for me to
use an Uber, why should I drive? Why would I pay about N100m for a car
that I would probably drive just five times a year?
“There are
better things to do with that money. In the short time I have spent on
earth, I have made a lot of money. While I was into mining, I had so
much money that I was living at a place that was a stone’s throw away
from the airport in Accra and I was paying my rent in dollars.
“I
was making a lot of money. That shows you how expensive it was but I
went from there to squatting with my friend in a one-room apartment. I
was sleeping on the floor in his room. Also, when I was doing the
business of selling beverages, we started with a crate and in a short
while, we began to import four containers every two weeks. From
importing four containers every two weeks, we went back to nothing. In
my life, I have had ups and down. If my self-worth was based on material
things, I would have killed myself.”
The singer admitted that he
had received a lot of backlash on social media simply because of his
relationship with Temi, one of the daughters of a billionaire oil
magnate, Femi Otedola.
However, Mr Eazi said such things would never faze him.
“People
can say what they want to say and if you want to let everything they
say about you bother you, then you are not going to live, especially
when you are in the public eye.
“You have to realise that as an
entertainer, your life becomes a form of entertainment to others. I
really do not care about what anybody thinks. He that is in me is
greater than he that is in the world, so why care about what the world
is saying?” The singer said.
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