The Lagos State University has invited fast-rising singer Akinbiyi Abiola Ahmed alias Bella Shmurda to return to the university to finish his degree program.
On his birthday, the rapper revealed in a tweet that he had dropped out of school due to failing several subjects.
The 25-year-old singer, however, rose to prominence with his first track, ‘Vision 2020,’ the remix of which featured Olamide Adedeji aka Baddo.
Bella Smurda, who has another successful tune called ‘Cash App,’ claims to be worth 550 million streams.
Bella Shmurdaexpressed his gratitude for leaving LASU to pursue his musical dreams.
He tweeted: “I now worth over half a billion streams (550millions streams to be precise). I for still Dey lasu Dey wine and dine with carryovers and stranded with nothing in my pocket… forever glad I did my thing.”
Happy birthday @fineboybella. Glad you have come this far pursuing your dream. Also glad @LASUOfficial
played a part in your beautiful story because Univ. dont make people rich, only incubate them to find and achieve purpose. BTW, please come back to class and earn your degree❤ https://t.co/Mn9JjDCpaN— Lagos State University (@LASUOfficial) January 28, 2022
Reacting to his tweet, the institution rated as the best state-owned university in Nigeria said it’s happy it played a part in Bella Shmurda’s story.
The school, however, urged him to return to the classroom to complete his degree programme.
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LASU tweeted: Happy birthday@fineboybella. Glad you have come this far pursuing your dream. Also glad @LASUOfficial played a part in your beautiful story because Univ. dont make people rich, only incubate them to find and achieve purpose. BTW, please come back to class and earn your degree.
Meanwhile, a popular music promoter, Quadri Taoreed, better known as Kogbagidi, who graduated from the institution visited the school on Wednesday, January 26, 2022.
Kogbagidi was received by the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello and other principal officers at the VC’s office.
