'People look down on me because I started my music career on Instagram' - Boy Spyce laments

Fast rising artiste, Boy Spyce, has revealed the many challenges he has encountered as a young artist in the music industry.

According to him, many people look down on him because he started his career on social networking platform, Instagram.

In an interview with Cool FM, Boy Spyce however added that does not feel bad about being looked down on.

He said: “No it doesn’t piss me off. I knew it was going to happen. I knew there are some people who are gonna like find it hard to accept, but I mean, if you don’t face challenges then are you really doing anything?”

Speaking about the pressure from industry colleagues, Boy Spyce stated that he is pressured to get it right if others are doing same.

In his words: “Uhmmm, it’s not bad pressure. It’s pressure of like yeah I can do more if this person is doing more, I can do more too. You know, they don’t have ten heads. It’s pressure that pushes you to do better.

"I am in competition with everybody and it is just the truth. So I was thinking one day, I’m like why is that everybody likes to say “I’m not in a competition, I’m not in a competition.

"If you’re not really in a competition, then why is there a top 100 Apple Music chart, why are there awards then? I feel like everybody is in a competition but we are too scared to admit it. And this is the way I see it right?

"I am in a competition with everybody. It’s just like I’m in a classroom right now, I want to be the first in the class doesn’t mean that if you miss class one day and you want me to explain a Maths topic to you, I won’t. I will teach you.”