We often hear about celebrities who dropped out of school in order to make it big in the competitive world of entertainment. Musicians such as Innocent ‘Tuface’ Idibia and Abolore ‘9ice’ Akande dropped out of school at different times to accomplish their dreams.
Ayo ‘Wizkid’ Balogun, who came into the music scene in 2010 and has since made waves with his songs, surprisingly dropped a bombshell when he revealed he had left school to concentrate on his music career. He was said to be a 200 level student at Lead City University, Ibadan before he ventured into music.
ChidinmaEkile, The Jankoliko singer was reportedly writing her post-UME when the opportunity came to be a house mate in the MTN project fame and she opted out of her search for education. Although she is doing well, many people wonder if she would still find a space for her unfinished education in her busy career.
However, there are also stars who knew that they could only benefit from a top-notch education.
These famous people have earned their degrees at some of the most prestigious universities not minding their breakthrough in the showbiz world, they didn’t allow fame to interfere with their education.
There are the likes of Mo’cchedda, L.A.X, Davido who simultaneously managed both their education and showbiz career together and while there are some that put their showbiz career on hold despite being a huge success to finish their education.
It was recently reported that the Marvin Star, Korede Bello recently got admitted into a tertiary institution.
Their feats are worthy of note because it is a common practice to have young musicians drop out of school.
