Nigerian rapper Phyno has revealed that he did not have the support of his parents when he kicked off his musical career.
In a recent interview on the In My Opinion Podcast, the ‘Ojemba’ crooner stated that unlike in his time, parents nowadays encourage their children who venture into music.
According to him, the present generation of parents understands what it means to support their children’s talents.
“My parents didn’t support my career when I first started. It’s different now.
“I think the generation after my parents understands what it means to support their children’s talent and knows that there is something special about a child who loves music, or a child who loves to play ball”, Phyno said.
Speaking further, the artiste highlighted the differences between parents from both eras, saying: “Then, when parents come home and see you playing ball, they beat you and seize the ball and give you punishment. You understand me?
“I’m just trying to say that era and this era are different. Now any father who sees his son can play ball and enrols him in an academy. Some, at 1 year old already buy you a ball and say you must play ball like Neymar.
“Different generations, you know and I also don’t blame my parents. I’m sure that the money in music now was never in music then.
“They also look at people who did music back then as useless people. As people who just wanted to carry dreadlocks and walk around. But now everyone sees the talent and a gift to be shared to the world, and shout-out to this era of parents.”
