Ghanaian veteran musician, Rex Omar has disclosed that he was thrown out of the house by his father when he decided to pursue music.
Born Rex Omari Sarfo added that his father (a medical doctor) wanted him to pursue Law but he was sacked from the house when he [Rex Omar] opted to pursue music.
Rex Omar who was guest on Bola Ray’s Starr Chat on Starr FM said that even though he faced a lot of challenges when his biological father threw him out of the house with the reason that he [Rex Omar] wouldn’t be responsible in life if he pursues music.
Rex Omar using his experience as a lesson to the youth out there to follow their dreams said:
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“My father wanted me to become a lawyer, if go to secondary school he’ll push me to go to law school eventually, so the best thing for me was that, from Form four, I went to do my music.
So actually he sacked me from home because he wanted me to go to school to become a lawyer and I wanted to do music. He said…show me one person who has done music in Ghana and is living a comfortable life, then I’ll allow you.
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But I couldn’t. When I was in school I was crack, I know that if I’d gone to secondary school I wouldn’t have been the musician that I am. He would have pushed me to do law and it would have been a disaster.”
On the question of whether he has regretted pursuing music, he said:
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“Never, I’m too happy, I’m happy I followed my heart. I was happy to have proven my daddy wrong because he said I did music I wouldn’t be responsible, I’ll be a marijuana smoker, but I proved him wrong.”