Nigerian singer Adewale Mayowa Emmanuel better known Mayorkun, has disclosed his reason for keeping his mother identity a secret for years.

The singer made this known in a recent episode of the ‘Tea with Tay Podcast’, where he stressed that he did not want people to know that his mother was a popular Nollywood actress when he was growing up.

He stated that before becoming popular himself, he and his siblings wanted to have normal lives, which was hard to do because their mother, Toyin Adewale, was so popular. So to have the freedom they sought, the next line of action was to keep their mother’s identity low-key.

He said, “Growing up, my brother and I didn’t like the fact that our mom was a popular actress because we wanted freedom, but with her fame came fake attention and all.”

He also stated that another reason why he kept the identity of his mother was to stop people from been bias towards him because of who his mother was. He wanted people to like him as who he was, not because of his attachment.

“I hated being treated differently, not because you like me but because I am Toyin Adewale’s son,” he added.

Narrating how he successfully kept the identity of his mother hidden while studying accounting in university of Lagos for four years he said.

“Even in my university, people didn’t know she was my mother for four years. I was intentional about this. My mum brought food to me at school once, and a girl saw her. I quickly ran to her to get what she came with just so no one else saw her.”