I gave my first musical earnings to church – Ruger

Afrobeats star Michael Adebayo Olayinka, popularly known as Ruger, has revealed that he donated the first proceeds he received from his musical career to a church.

He said that after the donation, he made millions from music in less than a year.

Ruger, who disclosed this in a recent interview with VJ Adams, also admitted that becoming rich changed him in some ways.

He said, “My first earnings from music were N500,000 when I first came out. I can remember that I gave everything to the church. I didn’t use it. The next payment was N1 million. I was feeling like I had arrived. I went on a shopping spree. Millions more came in a space of one year.

“Money changed me in some ways. Money changes everybody. No one can say money didn’t change them. When you make more money, a lot of things change; the way you address things, the way you even approach things, is different. Some people don’t stress when they have a lot of money.

“I want to get to a point where I no longer stress myself over anything. Look at Jay-Z, for instance; he doesn’t respond when people insult him, knowing he is very successful. I’m looking forward to that level of success.”