"I Once Fell For Investment Scam Worth Millions Of Naira" - Rapper Chinko Ekun Reveals

 

Nigerian rapper, Oladipo Emmanuel a.k.a. Chinko Ekun has shared how investment scammers made him to lose millions of naira.

In an exclusive conversation with Midweek Entertainment, the "Able God" crooner revealed . However, he has since learnt his lesson. Afterwards, was able to save a life.

"I once fell for an investment scam worth millions of naira, after that, I decided my only investment was myself and how I looked. So, I saved more but something happened and I had to pull out my money to save a life and I have no regrets because as I speak, the person is still alive and I’m glad I did.”

The rapper revealed how he contemplated suicide after he lost almost everything and became depressed  in 2020.

"Then, there was a lot of money. But skip to 2020, l lost my record deal. I had an issue with my record label boss. He was so mad that he asked me to leave the house."

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"So, I lost my deal and the house and became homeless practically.

“I’m the gentle type so I don’t come on the internet to talk at all but it was just inside of me. Due to the trauma, I relocated to the mainland where I was squatting with some of my friends.

"Then I was depressed because every now and then, I was usually on flights but seeing myself almost sleeping on the floor.

“At the time, I was also in a relationship then. The breakfast (heartbreak) was so hot that I landed in the hospital. So, everything that mattered to me was crumbling.

"I was squatting with Aloma, Davido’s aide, at an estate which is around Elegushi Beach. One day I went to Elegushi Beach and thought to myself, abi kin be si inu omi ni? (Should I jump into the water?).

“I started threatening God that if I bow to another god, na him cause am o,” he said.

“In like three months, I was able to record some new songs. I got two endorsement deals from some companies."