Yemi Alade : "I never wanted to do music"

Yemi Alade who dropped her debut album King of Queens in 2014 reveals that she had no interest in doing music when she was growing up. Yemi Alade who is popular for songs Taking over, Kissing, Tangerine, Johnny is of the leading pop stars in Nigeria. She spoke to Leadership Newspaper in an interview on March 7, 2015 and explained her lack of interest in music. "I started singing when I was young. Dad used to play King Sunny Ade’s music; mum was a fan of gospel tunes. My brothers used to play a lot of Usher and R Kelly songs, but I never wanted to do music. It was my mum that exposed me to it and made me take to it. I never planned to do music. I’m grateful to her now. You know that I won the Peak Talent Show in 2009 and I took off from there". 25-year-old Yemi talked about the challenges she faced as a new comer into the music industry, saying that for 7 years she was not getting paid to perform music, unlike now. "I still plan to read music someday and add to my knowledge. Now, I’m passionate about music. My management, headed by Taiwo Alli, has been working hard to push my music and my brand and it is yielding results now. We are doing better music now and shooting better videos. But the beginning was rough as expected. I did seven years of free shows going from one club to the other and selling myself". The singer went ahead to describe the reaction of her fans to her music saying some people have been known to faint and go into frezy when she is performing on stage. Yemi Alade is currently on her Europe tour, she has been to France and will be heading to Germany next.