I gained admission into the university at age 14 – Ayra Starr [Video]

Ayra Starr, the well-known singer and songwriter, disclosed that she was just 14 years old when she got accepted into university.

The artist from Mavin Records shared that she obtained her bachelor’s degree ahead of schedule as per her mother’s requirement to finish her education before focusing on her music career, driven by her ambition to become a teenage pop star.

Ayra Starr shared this insight in a recent interview with Billboard, mentioning that it was her mother’s idea for her to relocate to Lagos.

The singer mentioned that she took the JAMB exam alongside her older brother and was able to secure admission into a reputable school with her results.

Starr recounted: “I got into the university at 14. I feel like my mum has been using music to blackmail me since I was a child. She was like, ‘If you want to do music, you have to do this.’ When she suggested we relocate to Lagos from Benin Republic, I declined initially, but she convinced me that Lagos is the land of music.

“She insisted that if I want to do music, I would have to finish school first. Usually, a lot of people in Nigeria finish secondary school at 15, 16. I knew that if I waited till I’m 15 [before completing my secondary school], I won’t be able to be a teenage pop star. And I wanted to be a teenage pop star. So, I joined my elder brother and wrote JAMB, what you guys called SAT here.

“To be honest, the result wasn’t craazy to get me onto all these Ivy League schools but it was enough to pass by. It was enough for my mum. I got admitted into a good school. My course was for three years. It was International Relations. And immediately after my graduation, I started doing music covers online and that same year I got signed [to Mavin Records label].”

Watch the interview:

"I got into uni at 14"

– Ayra Starr pic.twitter.com/i51gJrVbNY

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