At a point in my life I had only one shoe – Singer, Joeboy

Nigerian singer and songwriter, Joeboy has recounted some of the challenges he encountered while growing up.

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The musician in a chat with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, revealed how he got embarrassed as a kid for owing school fees affected his self-esteem.

Joeboy also spoke about some of his struggles before stardom, adding that he worked under the sun to promote a product in Ogun state.

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The 24-year-old also revealed that there was a time in his life that he had only one shoe, which was a fake designer shoe, and that was what made him vow to always buy shoes whenever he becomes successful.

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In his words; “Sometimes I felt everything should just end because it was difficult.

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“I remember after secondary school, I didn’t have money, I was looking for a job. I remember going for a full month looking for a job.

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“I would prepare my CV. There was a time I trekked from Ilaje to Sabo in search of a job with my friend. We submitted our CVs but didn’t get the jobs eventually.

“I eventually got a job to promote products for a company under the sun. They took us to redeem camp in Ogun state, it was difficult. We were paid N5000 a week.

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At that point, life was hard, I remember I only had one Nike shoe and it was fake. So, one promise I made to myself was that when I finally blow, I’ll always buy shoes.

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“So, these days, when I’m down, I just step out to buy shoes. Life was more difficult than failing an exam or owing school fees.

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“There was a particular time this happened to me. I’ll just say when a child is owing school fees, don’t call the child out. Just tell the child not to go to school.

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“Don’t flog kids for owing school fees, the child doesn’t have money. School owners should not embarrass a child for owing school fees.

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“It was really embarrassing for me at the time because it affected my esteem at that point.”

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