Why I decided to leave music industry despite making hits – Dr Sid opens up
Nigerian singer, Sidney Onoriode Esiri, popularly known as Dr Sid, has shared the reason he suddenly quit music.
In a recent interview with the BTS podcast, Dr Sid said he had achieved success with music by receiving awards, touring the world and delivering hit records.
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He added his last music project did not meet his expectations, leading him to venture into filmmaking.
In his words:
“I had pretty much lived my dream, I had done every single thing I wanted to do in music, I had won awards, I had toured the world, I had had hit records,and when I put out the last body of work that I did, it did not get the response that I was expecting,” he said.
“I have always wanted to make film so for me, that was the next evolution in my career. So I had to make a conscious decision, say you know what? I have given music time, I can always go back to it if I want to but I want to give time into this film but then while doing that as well, I am also a gamer.
“I happened to be in America at a gaming conference and I realised that gaming was a $3 billion industry, the gaming industry makes more money than music and film combined. So I said to myself why are we dulling on this in Africa? So I came back and I started a company to build the Nigerian gaming echo system.”