Ray Emodi, an actor and singer, has clarified that, contrary to earlier reports, he did not give up acting because of traumatic experiences or pressure from his family.
Emodi stated in a TVC interview that he decided to turn his attention to music, which he believes is his true calling.
“You mentioned that I mentioned family pressures and traumatic experiences. However, I didn’t stop acting for that reason.
“I never stopped performing. I gave up acting to concentrate on music, which is my calling. Do you understand me?”
Emodi clarified that since elementary school, he had been composing and recording music.
“I had been making music for about ten years when I started acting.”
“I began writing music when I was in elementary school. This is true. I attended Enugu’s International Nursery and Primary School. I was recording music everywhere I went while attending school in Los Angeles,” he remarked.
He claims that he made the calculated choice to study acting in Los Angeles in order to obtain a visa and pursue a record deal in the United States.
“I went to Los Angeles to learn how to act before returning to Nigeria in 2015, but that was actually a ruse. I should probably refrain from saying this in public. In order to enter the United States and pursue a record deal, I had to obtain a visa.
Additionally, you can obtain a visa for acting school but not for music school. In order to try to land a record deal, I obtained a visa to study at the New York Film Academy’s Los Angeles campus. It is a fact.
That didn’t work out, then. I returned to Nigeria. He continued, “I was still creating music.”
He continued by saying, “I dropped songs and stuff, but it wasn’t giving me money immediately,” in spite of his financial difficulties with music. You understand how it works, don’t you? In order to pay for studio time, producers, engineers, videos, and acting, I had to make do with what I had. “
Emodi emphasised that he is more interested in using his music to make a difference than in becoming famous.
However, acting is how people first get to know me. Yes, that’s what made me famous.
“But music will give me more than the fame it brought me. Furthermore, I don’t give a damn. The fame doesn’t really matter to me. I don’t. The impact is important to me. There’s a distinction.
Because fame, wealth, and other benefits accompany the impact. That isn’t the primary issue, you know. “Affecting people’s lives is the most important thing,” he said.
