According to Nzeokija, a Nigerian musician and former pastor, he left gospel music for the secular world because he was fed up with being impoverished and believing that the church didn’t value him……CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
According to him, he made the tough choice to take a different route in order to support himself financially after more than eight years of fervently serving as a pastor and gospel musician.
Nzeokija revealed in an interview with the Lucky Udu Experience that he was brought up in a Christian household and became actively involved in the church at an early age. He developed his love for music and learnt to play a variety of instruments in the setting of his mother, an evangelist who owns both a music school and a ministry. But he struggled to make ends meet with the meagre compensation he received because his commitment to the church was not matched by financial assistance. As said by Nzeokija: “I came from a Christian family. My mother has her own ministry and is an evangelist. She runs a music school as well.
I was raised in an environment where playing an instrument was the only thing available, so even if you didn’t learn to play one, you could still play one. I developed an interest in music at that young age. Along with a few other instruments, I was able to learn how to play the piano, keyboard, bass, guitar, and drums. When the time came, I decided to find out more about the engineering work being done in the studio. At the time, I wasn’t doing it purely for enjoyment. You never know what the future holds, therefore I was also doing it for that reason. From church to your home, and back to church, it was all about the church…….CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
