“Earlier, while I was doing music, I was still actively playing football. Hoping that if music doesn’t work, football will work. I was also hoping that someone will notice my great footballing skills and take me abroad to play. But, I was always having injuries. Sometimes when we were booked for a show, we’ll not be able to go because I’ll be limping from injury I got from football. My partner PRESH will be very angry with me. You know, we used to be a duo called KCPresh.

“One day Presh called me and said, KC, you need to choose between football or music. You can’t combine both of them. It won’t work. It was difficult, but I chose music. And I don’t regret it. Many of my footballer friends back in the day, couldn’t make it beyond the Ajegunle hood where we grew up, despite their great skills.

“Football in Nigeria is great luck and connection. You may be very talented, but you may not be able to make it beyond your village, that’s the fact. Maybe, if I had chosen football over music, I wouldn’t be the KCee I am today.” — KCee