Timaya is an embodiment of diligence, self-confidence, talent, will power and passion. Even though growing up wasn’t a bed of roses but a field of thorns and itchy weeds, Timaya still rose from Grass to Grace.
The singer proved that your background doesn’t really have to be the background in your frames of destiny. He hawked plantain, he struggled, he faced difficult times but he still remained true to himself through all that difficulty. He believed even when the world gave him reasons to doubt, he knew what he was, he had set goals, he broke barriers, he worked so hard and his story. From selling plantain to selling his amazing music.
Timaya is one of the most fashionable celebrities in Africa, rocking some beautiful and unbelievable drips. Who would have thought a street boy would ever dine and wine with all those fine and above the success line? He did it and he didn’t look back from there.
Inetimi Alfred Timaya Odon was born on the 15th of August 1980, He hails from Odi, Bayelsa state, South-South Nigeria. The singer was born and spent most of his childhood in Port Harcourt.
Timaya is our Man Crush this week.