Sensational Nigerian singer, Ric Hassani has recounted how he quit his banking job on resumption day. The ‘Gentleman’ crooner said he got a job offer from one of the commercial banks in the state but abandoned the offer after he received a call to perform at a wedding in Lagos. He claimed that while he was getting ready to start his new work, a show promoter called him to offer a job to perform at a luxury wedding in Lagos.
The wedding organizers had mistakenly scheduled Rekado Banks to perform his song “Ladies and Gentlemen” at the wedding.
However, the bride realized the error when she asked for a singer who would sing “Gentleman,” not “Ladies and Gentlemen.”
The Port Harcourt-born musician made this claim while appearing as a guest on the most recent episode of Quincy Jonze’s audiovisual podcast Echo Room.
Ric Hassani said,
“I got a bank job. I don’t think I can name the bank now. The day I wanted to go [resume], that very day, Shody The Turnup King called me for a show in Lagos. He was the first person that gave me a show in Lagos for ‘Gentleman’. I was in Port Harcourt at that time.
“I was getting ready to go for my first day in the bank work, then this guy called me to come do a job and I was like, oh wow!
“And I just didn’t pick the bank’s call anymore and I have been here [Lagos] since then.”
Cc: Kokotv
