Adekunle Gold discloses how he used to trek in Lagos traffic to sell his CDs

Nigerian music star, Adekunle Gold has revealed how he suffered in the early days of his career.

According to the 'High' hitmaker, he used to trek in Lagos traffic to sell his music CDs to commuters along the road.

He said this in his latest newsletter released after the launch of his album Tequilla Ever After.

Adekunle however added that in 2010, he pooled his resources with that of a friend and they were able to raise N150,000 to produce his debut music video.

He narrated: "As I was reflecting, I noticed a young boy leading the church choir. I remember fighting so hard to lead the choir at Doers of the Word and never getting that spot, but look at me today. It was not until my parents moved us from Ifako Ijaiye to Ikotun and I met my best friend Michael that people really started paying attention to my musical ability," the letter partially reads.

"Michael was a keyboardist in his church, and so we connected and decided to form a band called ‘Another Root of Jesse’ which later became ‘Heavenward’ then ‘The Bridge’.

"Then Michael got a job at Dana airline, I was still broke but I added my own 2 kobo. We gathered 150,000 Naira together to shoot our first music video in 2010. We put every single dime we made into music, we even moved to a ‘boys quarter’ in Lekki in 2011 to feel among and chase this music dream.

"I remember walking from Maryland to Ikeja to give out our CDs in traffic, we really pushed and pushed because we both knew we had something in us that the world needed to hear.

“Fast forward to today Michael and I are still inseparable, traveling the world together and performing in front of thousands of people. Michael produces all my live shows, that High EDM remix I’ve been performing at festivals this year, Michael created it, Michael produced some songs on this album and worked on almost all of the songs you are listening to right now, he’s a genius and my story would probably be different without him.”