365NEWS gathered that Singer Oxlade has revealed the circumstances that led him to abandon his studies at Lagos State University in his final year.
In an appearance on the ’90s Baby Show podcast, Oxlade disclosed that gang threats forced him to leave campus.
The singer described the campus environment as “crazy” and “hot” during his time, prompting LASU to later crack down on such behaviour.
He said: “I dropped out of the university in my final year because it was a cr@zy time.
“There were some gangs after me because I’m a fine boy. Being a fine boy makes you a target. It’s either you join them or they off you. So I had to leave that environment.
“I went to Lagos State University (LASU). Go and read about the school. Now, they’re more focused on academics. I think they’ve realised how fragile life is and how important it is to pursue your dreams, so they’ve cracked down on that kind of behaviour. Now everyone is chasing money, but at that time, it was a hot period.”
Oxlade also shared the emotional struggle of hiding the truth from his family.
“After I left school, I ran away from home because I couldn’t tell my family why I dropped out. They wouldn’t understand; they would just think I was making excuses. So I couldn’t go back. It felt like I let my family and my grandma down.
The crazi€st part was that when my grandma finally saw me, she was so calm about it. All that pressure I put on myself was just in my head”, he said.
Also sharing his experiences with love and heartbreak, sharing how a past relationship shaped his perspective.
Oxlade recalled how his ex-girlfriend’s friends questioned her decision to be with him because of his financial status.
He revealed that this incident had a deep impact on him, changing how he views love.
Oxlade attributed the heartbreak to external pressures rather than any actions from his ex-girlfriend.
“I feel like you don’t do evil for evil, that’s giving her bad PR. I can’t expose her, my community will. Trust me, there are stalkers that go crazy; they will find you. I promise you, it’s the internet.
“It’s not what she did to me, but what the community did to us. Back then, I didn’t even have the bread so it was all true love. Just true love and words of affirmation. There was this time when I was in her hostel and I heard her friends ask her, ‘Girl, what are you doing with Oxlade.
“I was at the door and when I entered, their demeanour changed. That thing broke me and from then on I saw the patterns change until I saw her with the same guy she said she wasn’t seeing.
“This was at a very early stage in my life, during my hustle era. That was the moment I learned that love is sweet o, but it’s not everywhere”.
The singer concluded that true love is rare and requires luck.
“You can’t find true love everywhere and you must be lucky, God wants you to see love before you can find it”, he said.
