Nigerian singer, Crown Uzama, popularly known as Shallipopi, has opened up on his struggles, before his rise to fame.

The Nigerian Voice recalls that the singer recently received backlash on social media, after claiming that any man who is not financially buoyant is not a man, but a woman.

In a new post via his X handle, the singer revealed that he struggled to make ends meet before rising to fame. He recounted how he performed menial jobs, performed at a club in Benin for N5,000, and did all sorts just to cater for himself and his mother.

He wrote via X:
"I have been to the 36 states of Nigeria touring towns to eat, I nor know which part of Nigeria you come from, but u nor suppose dey talk to me about shame, buckle up this country nor dey laugh with anybody! Period!!!

“I don do bricklayer, painter, we don work for workshop, i don do POP, I don do plastering work, I don dey run commont house for night go club jokers for Benin go dey freestyle just to carry 5k reach house come give my mummy.”