Olodo Uprising: I don’t even have a degree – Ycee confesses

Nigerian rapper Oludemilade Martin Alejo, popularly known as YCee, has addressed the controversy surrounding the “Olodo Uprising” phrase.

The singer, while speaking during an interview, expressed concern over the society’s growing obsession with wealth, claiming that the pursuit of money has negatively affected people’s values.

YCee also added that his comments were misunderstood by those who accused him of being classist or elitist, adding that he does not have a university degree. He revealed that although he hoped to study Computer Science at the University of Lagos, he was unable to meet the admission cut-off mark at the time.

“I hate what the pursuit of money has done to us as a society. There are societies that are worse of than Nigeria. War-torn societies where people do not behave as badly as Nigerians. And the excuse is always so long as you make money. The whole Olodo Uprising frenzy, I didn’t coin the phrase. I feel a lot of people missed my point and are trying to make it seem as though I was classist of elitist because I have some level of education. Mind you I just have my school cert o. I don’t have a university degree. It got to some point in SS2 when I couldn’t read anymore, I was like I’m done. I had wanted to study computer science, but I couldn’t meet the cut off to study in UNILAG but now they’ve reduced cut off maybe if I had written now I’d have gotten computer science,” he stated.