Singer and photographer TY Bello has revealed that she attended university solely to satisfy her mother.
After graduation, the girl plans to become a “big hairstylist,” saying that she has always been artistic since she can remember.
She stated that she began creating songs when she was eight years old.
The ‘Land is Green’ singer made the remarks while appearing as a guest on the current episode of the I Said What I Said podcast, which is co-hosted by FK and Jola, News About Nigeria reports.
She stated that she began photography and music practically simultaneously.
TY Bello said:
“I have been writing songs since I was 8, 9, 10. I started music and photography [professionally] right at the same time.
“After university, when everyone in my class knew where they wanted to work. And I had no such dream. I was very confused.
“University was that period where I thought, ‘okay, let me go to school to make my mum happy. Then I was going to graduate to be a big hairstylist.’ I thought that was my future.
“When it came to NYSC and everybody asked where to be posted to, I asked to be posted to the south. I was like, what do I do? And I think that was the major turning point where I realised that I had to be posted to phototech because I just started photography.
“It wasn’t like I wanted to be a photographer all my life, but that one move made me who I am today.”
TY Bello is a Nigerian singer, composer, photographer, and philanthropist. Prior to embarking on a solo career, she was a member of the now-defunct gospel band Kush.
Bello is a member of the Nigerian photography collective Depth of Field.
She is most known for her tracks “Greenland”, “Ekundayo”, “This Man”, “Freedom” and “Funmise”.
