Gospel musician Celestine Donkor revealed that she originally aspired to pursue a career in business or law, rather than music.

However, after hearing her sing at home, her mother recognized her musical talent and began introducing her to opportunities that ultimately helped her build a name and establish a niche in the gospel music industry.

“The plan was to be a businesswoman or to study law, but I ended up doing music,” she said in a one-on-one interview with Lekzy Decomic on Joy Prime’s prime time show.

Award-winning Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie also revealed a couple of years ago that he had dreams of becoming a medical doctor.

According to Sarkodie, he would have aspired for a career in the medical field if his music career had not kicked off. Being a multitalented person, he added that he also had plans of putting his other talents to use.

“First, I wanted to be a doctor, I do arts; I paint, I sketch. So definitely something towards that direction…” he told NandoLeaks when asked about his passion aside music.

Sarkodie mentioned that coming up as an artiste, his mother gave him an ultimatum about his career.

He stated that his mother gave him up to a year to prove himself or get back to pursuing his education.

“She acted just like a regular African parent… they care about your future; they think their decision is the best for you. So I was lucky she gave me one year to prove myself and that was the same year that things started picking up. I was lucky. If it had skipped into the next year maybe I wouldn’t be sitting here with you,” he added.

Award-winning Ghanaian rapper, Derrick Sarfo Kantanka, popularly known as Amerado, has revealed that his decision to pursue music was driven by the need to survive, rather than fame.

“The main reason I got into music was to survive—I just wanted to eat,” he admitted. “Most of the time, I don’t even enjoy being an artiste,” he told DJ Slim on Daybreak Hitz.

According to him, he is also bothered by the constant pressure to give out money to fans, especially while stuck in traffic.

“I feel restricted,” he said. “Whenever you’re in public, especially in traffic, you’re expected to hand out money to fans.”

Despite the challenges he faces as an artist, Amerado says that his stage performances are nothing short of fulfilling.

However, “The maintenance no be easy,” he added, stressing the demands and expectations that follow the life of a musician.

Two years ago, the "Grace" rapper mentioned to Graphic Showbiz that he would never quit music to chase his academic dreams.

At the time, he was a first-year student reading Political Science at the University of Ghana, Legon, where he acknowledged the huge demands of education but stressed that it would never influence him to shelve his music pursuit.

“...I am never going to drop music. There’s no way I will quit music. No, not at all. I may give more time to my academics when school is in session and concentrate on music when we are on recess,” he said.

Speaking on pursuing other career paths, the rapper mentioned that he will pursue politics as long as it doesn't affect his music career negatively.

“I believe music business works hand in hand with politics because in both ventures, we are always working to convince people to become our core followers. Once I realise politics won’t hurt my music career, I will go into it," he said.

Amerado is known for songs such as Grace, Obiaa Boa, Sin No More, Metua, Back 2 Sender , Kwaku Ananse, Abotr3, among others.

In 2023, the musician made history by becoming the first rapper to win the Best Rapper award at the Vodafone Ghana Music Award (VGMA), which has now been rebranded as Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMAs.

He was optimistic that his song, "Ankonam," would win Reggae Song of the Year at the 2025 VGMAs, however, he lost it to Stonebwoy.

Meanwhile, he earned five nominations at the 2023 Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMAs) in the categories of Hiplife/Hiphop Artiste of the Year, Hiplife Song of the Year, Collaboration of the Year, Best Lyrical Performer of the Year and Hiphop Song of the Year.Nigerian music executive and Mavin Records founder, Don Jazzy, has shared how focusing on music cost him a marriage.

He made this admission during his appearance on the Echo Podcast, aired on September 26. Reflecting on what he believes he almost lost in his pursuit of success, Don Jazzy pointed to marriage.

He explained that he had always imagined being married by forty, yet at forty-two, he remains unmarried. While he is open to marriage if the opportunity arises, he stressed that it is not something that keeps him up at night.

“I never thought that I'd be 40-something and not be married when I was growing up. So I'll say maybe I already lost that one. But don't mind me. I'm not even interested in this very moment. It's not like I'm not interested, but it doesn’t bother me like that. If it comes, it comes. If it doesn’t come, I’m totally fine,” he said.

Asked what he would have become if he hadn’t been a musician and producer, he responded that he would still have been in the music industry as a manager or

“Maybe I would have still been in the music industry, maybe as a manager, still the same thing. Or now, I'll probably be an investment banker. Or maybe a footballer. I'm a Man U fan. But now I like forex trading. I saw the Bitcoin, crypto, I saw when you were praying for Bitcoin. It's just that I always want to know what's next. I'm inquisitive", he noted.