Fuji music legend King Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, a. k. a. KMAM1 or K1 De Ultimate, has attributed his success in life to ‘street education’.
“I grew up on the street,” K1 told, Dayo Otunbiyi, who, according to a video published by GoldMyne TV, wasn’t really a fan of the music icon in the past.
During the conversation, Otunbiyi acknowledged without being prompted that K1, despite the seeming rift between them, called to console him when his father died. The conversation gave a hitherto-unshared insight into the mind of the celebrated singer.
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“I learned everything about the street. And the number one thing I learned on the street is tolerance,” K1, who is the first Mayegun of Yorubaland, said.
“You get to somewhere on the street and people will like what you are doing. You get to another place and they don’t want to see you at all. But that shouldn’t stop you from going there tomorrow.
“I grew up on the street. There is no street from Lagos to Kwara that I don’t know. I know a lot of places.
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“What a lot of people don’t understand about me is that my experience on the street made me wise. It also gave me a daring mind.
“If I lose something valuable, it doesn’t mean that I am stupid. I ask myself, ‘what if trying to hold on to that thing costs you your life?’.”
