My Parents Didn’t Believe My Money Came from Music

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Popular Nigerian rapper, Zlatan Ibile has revealed that his
parents’ reaction to his sudden wealth wasn’t warm, at first, but suspicions.

Speaking in a recent episode of the YACN podcast, the Zanku
crooner said after he gained prominence in 2019, he bought a house for his
parents in a Lagos highbrow neighbourhood, Lekki, but they refused the gift
because they were unsure of the source of his wealth, which appeared sudden to
them.

The singer said his parents didn’t believe he acquired the
expensive mansion with just musical earnings.

“When I blew up in 2019, I bought my first house in Lekki
and decided to gift it to my parents. I called them on the phone and asked them
to come and they were like, ‘A house? That’s not possible. Are you doing
something else apart from music? How did you buy a house worth millions in the
space of one year?’,” he recalled.

Zlatan said his parents’ suspicion made him feel bad because
he was prioritising them and they were doubting him.

He said his parents requested for time to do a seven-day
prayer to know whether they should come or not.

The rapper said he had to print his statement of account and
present evidence of his music earnings before his parents accepted the house.

He urged parents to find out the source of their children’s
wealth before accepting flamboyant gifts from them.

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