Popular singer Kingsley Okonkwo, aka Kcee, has spoken on how he started off as a Disc Jockey before becoming a musician.
Speaking in the latest episode of the Afrobeats Podcast, the ‘Ojapiano’ crooner said he and his brother and co-founder of Five Star Music, Emeka Okonkwo, aka E-Money, were disc jockeys before switching careers.
He said: “My father was a DJ, a record seller. I grew up in a home where my father sold records. So all the old-school artists, I know them [their music]. I was selling their records when I was about 5 or 6 years old.
“When I was in secondary school, I was already handling a full record store and playing at parties. Me and E-Money were DJs. So, I listened to a lot of artists, I was studying them not knowing i was going into music”.
He credited his father with shaping his music career.
Kcee said the secret to his longevity in the music industry is his “ear for a hit song.”
[TheNation]