Inability to afford meals made me hustle hard – Rapper, Olamide

<p>Popular Nigerian rapper, Olamide Adedeji, popularly known as Olamide, has narrated his experiences while living in the ghetto before becoming famous.</p>, <p>While speaking with The Guardian UK, he said growing up in a slum in the Bariga axis of Lagos State motivated him to hustle hard.</p>, <p>According to him, although surviving was hard in the ghetto, he hustled hard to become successful just to experience life in a different culture.</p>, <p>“Surviving was hard. Bariga was not far from the other slums you see across the world, from Mumbai to New York and London – life in the ghetto is almost always the same everywhere,” Olamide said.</p>, <p>The singer revealed that there were days he could not afford three square meals while growing up and that motivated him to hustle hard.</p>, <p>“There were days when not being able to afford three square meals was a big deal for my family. All of that motivated me to hustle hard.</p>, <p>” I also wanted to see the whole world and experience different cultures from what I grew up seeing,” Olamide added.</p>