Singer Segun Johnson revealed on Monday, September 21, 2026, that hunger pushed him into music, recounting how he turned to the profession to make money at a young age.
Johnson reflected on the beginning of his career and the various activities he was involved in as a teenager.
He said he played football, drew, and played the drums while growing up but eventually turned to music when he needed to make money.
“What led me into music was purely hunger. At a tender age, I was doing a lot of things, and most teenagers are usually lost in the midst of being multitalented.
I was playing football, I used to be a good artiste back in school, I was playing the drum set, I was doing a lot of things,” he said.
“But when I needed to make money quickly at a tender age, music was the solution for me. So because I played drums back then and I was a little bit good at it, I started going for different events with different musicians. Then I started playing for different churches when they had special programs.”
Johnson began his musical journey as a local church drummer before transitioning into singing at the age of 24.
He launched his professional career as a crossover live-band artiste at 25.
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