Nigerian rapper Zlatan Ibile recently shared that his childhood dream was to become a professional football player, specifically for Barcelona in La Liga.
Despite struggling in school, he had aspirations of succeeding on the football field.
Zlatan Ibile admitted that becoming a musician was never part of his original plan and that he only entered the music industry by chance.
Reflecting on how he transitioned to a career in music, he mentioned that his interest was sparked after a friend played a song that he had recorded for him.
He said, “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.”
