Niyola, a Nigerian singer, a former member of Bank W‘s Empire Mate Entertainment (EME) that once house Africa’s biggest pop stars such as Wizkid, Skale, and many others.
In an interview with Chude, the Toh Bad singer disclosed that she had left Nigeria quite some time ago. Niyola stated her desire to leave Nigeria for the United States of America:
I moved to L.A. primarily because I was sick, I’m not gonna lie, I was sick of being here. I felt like there was a ceiling over my head. I can’t get past this space. Like how do you grow in a place where you haven’t even discovered a quarter of yourself but it’s too much. How do I find the best version of myself if I cannot even be the best of me yet? I felt that I needed to get out and be in an open space and fly free. And that’s why I left.