Project Fame winner, Olawale Ojo, turns cab driver

Project Fame West Africa 2013 winner, Olawale Ojo, has become a cab driver to make ends meet and fight depression when music was not working out for him.

In a video shared on Instagram by Tope Delano, Olawale narrated how he had to make a choice between selling the car he won after emerging the winner of the show to finance his music career or turning in into a cab.

There was, after all, no guarantee that he would succeed as a musician.

“This car that you have, if you sell it to push yourself, you might not even be able to shoot a proper video and promote it.

“And it’s not like there is a guarantee that this song you are promoting, this money you are spending you will get it back, so I felt selling this car would not be an option for me.

“And, I just told myself that you have to swallow your pride, you have to forget whatever it is, you have to forget the platform or the brand that you represent and you have to hustle, you have to make money because if you die.

“I started getting so depressed at home, crazy thoughts that I can’t even talk about but at the end of the day I felt, if you kill yourself,” the singer said in the video.

 

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PROJECT FAME WINNER TURNS CAB DRIVER …. a lot of people ave been wondering where fan fav mtn pf winner Olawale has been hiding. The crowd pleasing crooner who held our hearts to ransom during his remarkable pf run disappeared almost as fast as he came into lime light.Majority of us have had to deal with extremely difficult decisions and as God would have it, rose above it all. I met Olawale a couple of weeks ago and at first he did not want to grant the interview but eventually did. I know alot of us have so many questions as to how he ended up here and I promise you, all that was dealt with in the full video. I listened to his latest song #blessing and guys, Olawale is way better than he was in the house. Many may slam him, say all sorts but we should all RESPECT this king for damning the odds and chosing to do what he is doing now to ensure that there is food on the table. Work is work and you have my utmost respect for this. Thank you @olawalesings for being brave enough to share your story and reminding the world about self worth and work. All I ask, is that we all watch, learn and repost for as many to learn because this man shook a lot of tables! #projectfame #olawaleojo #music #hardwork #musiclovers #nigeria #blessing #motivation #inspiration #trending #trendimgvideos #gracetograss #love #vocals #blessingsongs Full video to drop in a couple of hours @tundeednut @lindaikejiblog @misspetitenigeria @diaryofanaijagirl @famousblogng @ebalsblog @instablog9ja @thebiyitudors @pulsenigeriahot @thenetng @bellanaijaonline @lailasblog @unibadan_efiwe @yabaleftonline @unilagolodo

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Olawale released a single titled ‘Jupa’ in 2014.

He also has an EP titled Almost Famous to his name.