Penalty Crooner, Small Doctor has shared his journey from grass to grace. The Afro-pop star noted that he was a bus conductor before fortune smiled on him.
He made this known in an interview on Rubbin Minds, a Channels TV show.
“I had recorded my first single.I had been gaining airplay in my hood back then. Agege, Ogba, all those places.
“But person no fit just stand dey believe say dem go dey call you for show.
“Those times sef, if you’re opportuned to be on the stage you go beg with the fact that they’ve been playing the song all the while. So I just needed to have some other things to just keep the ball going.”
Small Doctor revealed that despite being a local star, he had to make a living via transport business.
“I was a conductor for years, almost a decade
“From Agege to Ikeja, Ikeja to Maryland, Maryland to Yaba.
“I shuttled that place for like three to four years. I moved to Oshodi to Mushin under bridge. So it was from Oshodi to Mushin, Mushin to Oshodi I spent like six to seven years.”