I Was Drained, I Needed Extra For Myself – Nigerian Singer, Liya Reveals Why She Left Davido’s Report Label (Video)

Abdulsalam Suliyat Modasola, the Nigerian singer and songwriter, who’s popularly often known as Liya, has revealed why she left Davido Music Worldwide (DMW).

Liya, who was the primary feminine artist to signal with DMW in October 2020, mentioned she exited the file label as a result of she needed extra for herself.

The singer had introduced her exit from the label in 2023 throughout an Instagram question-and-answer session.

Replying to a fan who requested if she was nonetheless with DMW, she wrote, “Nopee, however #30bg for lifee.

Talking on a latest episode of Wahala with Josy Anne, the singer mentioned leaving the label was not a simple choice.

“Why did I go away? I simply needed extra for myself, as an individual and as an artist. I needed extra for myself. It was unhappy, it was miserable, I used to be drained, I used to be sick, however it was a call that I needed to make for myself. Yeah, as a result of everybody thought I had all of it found out,” she mentioned.

Liya additionally mentioned individuals judged her wrongly throughout that interval and accused her of doing nothing.

“They referred to as me names. Individuals saying, Oh, she’s simply lazy. She doesn’t know what she’s doing. They’re simply pouring cash on her, and he or she’s not doing something for over a 12 months or two years. They’d simply be like, oh, yeah, you simply don’t know what you’re doing. It was my fault,” she mentioned.

She added that issues bought so unhealthy that she stopped dealing with her Instagram posts by herself for about two or three years.

“And all that interval, I simply didn’t know the way to submit on my own. For the previous two or three years. I by no means posted myself on Instagram. Yeah. I all the time have my supervisor submit for me. I imply, we’ll put the images and stuff collectively, slides and the whole lot. However then I simply ship the whole lot to him. Oh, that is the primary slide, second slide,” she mentioned.

Liya, nevertheless, praised her supervisor for staying affected person together with her by way of all of it.

“He was drained, however I’m so glad he understood. He was very affected person with me. He by no means pushed me or pressured me to submit myself,” she added.

“I left (DMW) years in the past. It was wonderful whereas it lasted. Why did I go away? I simply needed extra for myself as an individual and as an artiste…”

– Liya pic.twitter.com/jd5QuZTMx7

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