Reason I hid my mother’s identity for years — Mayorkun

Nigerian music star, Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel, popularly known as Mayorkun has spoken about the reason he decided not to reveal his mother’s identity. The singer’s mother is a popular Nollywood actress, Toyin Adewale.

According to the singer he stated that the reason for his decision was because he did not want to be treated with favouritism anywhere. He stated this during a chat with Taymesan published on YouTube on Saturday.

The Certified Loner singer noted that even when he was at the university, he never made it known that his mother was a popular movie star.

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He said, “Growing up, my brother and I did not like that our mom was a famous actress. We wanted freedom, but with her fame came fake attention and all. I hated going somewhere and being treated differently, not because you like me but because I am Toyin Adewale’s son.

“Even in my university, people did not know she was my mother for four years. I was intentional about this.My mom brought food to me at school once, and a girl saw her. I quickly ran to where she was to get the items, she came with just so no one else saw her.”