Indigenous Nigerian rapper, Chinko Ekun, born Oladipo Emmanuel has been a very private celebrity.
That’s why today we at WuzupNigeria are excited to bring you tales of Chinko Ekun’s encounter with the now defunct SARs operative.
Chinko Ekun in an interview on PUNCH’s Sunday Scoop also speaks about his reason for having not yet fathered a child like most of his male colleagues who have one or more ‘baby mamas.’
Speaking about his first-hand experience of police brutality, the rapper had this to say:
“I was once a victim of police brutality. They beat me mercilessly. The experience affected me physically and psychologically. I almost went crazy because it was three days to my show in Ife, Osun State.”
He also talked about why he was yet to father a child saying that:
“One of the reasons I have yet to be a baby daddy is because I have a lot of goals that I have yet to achieve. Although I am comfortable, there is a standard of living I want for my kids. I want to send my kids to the best schools and have a good life. Growing up, I didn’t suffer because my dad took good care of us. He gave us a standard but I need to raise that standard. Once I start to have children, my focus would shift, so psychologically, I am not ready. Whenever my woman gets pregnant, I would not want her to be stressed at all. I would have to be there for her and I don’t have that time now because of my ‘hustles’.”
Chinko Ekun is a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University.