Just like us, most Nigerian celebrities didn’t always have an easy life before they became famous.
From Joseph Benjamin working as a security guard to Timaya a plantain
seller, most celebrities began their careers making an earning doing
menial tasks.These celebrities had odd jobs before stardom:-
1. Patoranking
Patrick Nnaemeka, Patoranking didn’t always have things rosy. Infact,
the Headies Award Next Rated Artiste 2014 was a former Bricklayer and
Rat Poison Seller on the streets of Lagos! He virtually rose from
nothing to the star he is today.
2. Don Jazzy
Before Don Jazzy became famous and made fellow producers feel inferior,
the Mavin Boss moved to London in the United Kingdom in 2000 after his
Uncle invited him to come play the drums for the neighborhood Church. He
did various odd jobs including working at McDonalds as a security guard
while trying to hit it big.
3. Joseph Benjamin
The MTN project fame host revealed in an interview that he went through various jobs before finally hitting it big in the movie industry.
4. Timaya
Back in the days, Timaya was a great ‘hustler’ and a very good Plantain
seller. Yes! The Egberipapa 1 of Bayelsa was a Plantain Seller who lived
with a lady who took him in after his landlord sent him packing in
Port-Harcourt.
5. P-square
Peter once worked as a Supermarket Attendant while Paul did Some Electrical repairs for money.
6. Banky W
The RnB crooner worked in fast foods outlets, clothing stores and as a knife salesman, selling knives from door to door.
7. Mercy Johnson Okojie
According to her asides once living in an uncompleted building, she once worked as a maid just to make ends meet.
8. John Okafor
For comic actor, John Okafor, he was not in anyway born with a silver
spoon. In an interview recently, he said before he became a popular
person, he sold firewood, was a butcher and a hair stylist.