Rapper Ycee has sparked fresh conversations about Nigeria's obsession with wealth, arguing that the relentless pursuit of money has had a damaging effect on society.
In a recent interview, he said: "I hate what the pursuit of money has done to us as a society. There are countries that are worse off, like war-torn countries, that don't behave as badly as some Nigerians behave."
He noted that many people now use money as a justification for questionable behaviour.
"Everybody's excuse is, 'I mean, as long as you make money…'" he said.
Addressing the backlash from his earlier comments during the "Olodo Uprising" debate, Ycee insisted he was misunderstood.
"I didn't coin the phrase. I feel like a lot of people missed my point and were trying to make it seem like I was being classist and elitist because I have some level of education. Mind you, I just have my school cert oh, I don't have a uni degree," he clarified.
The rapper also opened up about his love for reading as a child, revealing that he once read an entire dictionary.
"At some point, I even read like the whole dictionary. Used to have a habit—reading. I can't read anymore, man. I don't know whether it's ADHD or whatever, but it got to a point where I couldn't even read in school. Around SS2, I was like, 'Yeah, bro, I'm done with this,'" he recalled.
He also shared that he had always wanted to study Computer Science at the University of Lagos but couldn't meet the cutoff at the time.
"It's just sad that at the time I couldn't meet the cutoff to study Computer Science in UNILAG. But now that they've reduced the cutoff in JAMB, maybe if I wrote JAMB now, I would have gotten Computer Science!" he joked.
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