“Graphics.” — Adekunle Gold’s One-Word Answer in Beverly Hills Is Actually a Whole Origin Story
Sometimes the most wholesome moments are the shortest ones. A street interviewer spotted Adekunle Gold walking around Beverly Hills and asked him a simple question: “If you weren’t singing, what else would you be doing?” AG Baby didn’t overthink it. One word: “Graphics.”
Why That Answer Isn’t Just a Throwaway Line
Here’s what makes this moment land the way it does it’s not a random deflection or a joke answer. It’s the actual truth. Long before “Sade” made him a household name, Adekunle Gold studied Visual Arts at Lagos State Polytechnic, graduating as the best student in his class, with a major specifically in Graphics. That background earned him a nickname among his online followers years before music took over: the “King of Photoshop,” thanks to witty meme edits merging himself with celebrities like Nicki Minaj, Kim Kardashian, and even the Mona Lisa.
In his own words from a past interview: “As I was making graphics, I was making music… I majored in Graphics, that’s what helped me be the ‘king of Photoshop’ until music happened.” He wasn’t juggling two unrelated interests graphic design was genuinely his craft and his identity before Olamide discovered him through his “Sade” cover and signed him, kicking off the career Nigerians know him for today.
The Bigger Picture
What makes this Beverly Hills clip so charming is how effortlessly it connects to who Adekunle Gold has always been a creative first, a singer second, in some ways. He’s talked before about growing up in a household with an artist father, studying visual arts seriously enough to finish top of his class, and only stumbling into music properly after a band he was part of fell apart in 2013. Graphics wasn’t a backup plan he’s romanticizing in hindsight it was genuinely his first serious craft, the thing he trained in and excelled at before the world knew him as AG Baby.
Wahala Network Take
A one-word answer, but a career’s worth of truth behind it. Adekunle Gold didn’t stumble into stardom by accident — he had a whole creative life before music found him, and he clearly hasn’t forgotten it. Wholesome, honest, and a nice reminder that even Afrobeats royalty had a “before” chapter.
