How I quit my job to focus on music, Ric Hassani

Nigerian R&B singer Ric Hassani has revealed how he quit his day job to pursue his music career.

While speaking with CreativiTea podcast on Friday, Ric Hassani gave insights on his ten-year long music journey.

The singer stated that signing a record label deal was one of the struggles he encountered at the early stage of his career.

“Because when I first came to Lagos, nobody wanted to sign me because I came to Lagos with a different type of sound and deep down, I felt like, this thing don’t go bang. Because Nigeria don’t really like such thing.Hey beautiful, for what? You know what I mean? I felt like, Nigerians won’t like it, but I like it. If this is the last song I do, I will do them how I like them. So that at least, I will be able to hear them while I go and apply for jobs in Access Bank. So I said, I have to take matters into my own hands. Sometimes in life, you’re waiting for somebody else to come and save you. But actually, the person that you need is you. Somebody was getting married on Bellanaija. This was when Bellanaija weddings was a big thing. So they posted the proposal video, and then my song was in the background,” he said.

Ric Hassani also recalled how one viral video became the turning point for his music career

“And then normally, when they post a proposal video, the comments are always about the couple. But this time, everybody was like, Oh my God, what song is that? Tell the couple to shift. Let me hear the song. And then they said, Oh, new music by this artist called Ric Hassani. And I’m in my Access bank saying new music how? Something I released seven months ago. So they called me for a show. I was like, really, a show? And this was more than my salary. I was like, what? So I left Access Bank. I said, I’m not doing it again,” he stated.