Music News | 11 June 2025 12:12 CET

‎"I Donated My First Musical Earning To A Church" - Ruger

By Oluwarantimi Oludase 

‎Popular Nigerian singer, Michael Adebayo Olayinka, best known as Ruger, has revealed that he donated his first musical earning to a church.


‎The 'Bounce' crooner made the revelation during a recent interview with popular media personality VJ Adams, stating that after donating his first N500,000 earning from music to a church, he later made more money of about N1 million, and he began spending lavishly, but he however, made more money.


‎The singer further stated that he would love to make money to a point where he no longer stresses over anything.



‎Ruger said:
‎“My first earnings from music was N500,000 when I first came out. I can remember I gave everything to the church. I didn’t use it. The next payment was N1 million. I was feeling like I had arrived. I went on a shopping spree. More millions came in a space of one year.


‎“Money changed me in some ways. Money changes everybody. No one can say money didn’t change them. When you make more money a lot of things change; the way you address things, the way you even approach things is different. Some people don’t stress when they have a lot of money.


‎“I want to get to a point where I no longer stress myself over anything. Look at Jay-Z for instance, he doesn’t respond when people insult him knowing he is very successful. I’m looking forward to that level of success.”

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