Nigerian singer and entrepreneur, Mr Eazi, has disclosed that he once stepped away from a gold trading venture in Ghana after realizing it could land him in legal trouble.
According to the artiste, although the business was not linked to crimes such as fraud or drug dealing, it still violated local regulations governing Ghana’s mining sector. He explained that the trade he was involved in was restricted to local participants, making his involvement unlawful as a foreigner.
“Aside from doing all my businesses, it turns out that the business I was doing was for foreigners. It was illegal and I didn’t want to go to jail,” he said.
Mr Eazi further clarified that his activities were centered around gold trading within Ghana’s small-scale mining sector, which is reserved for locals to support their livelihoods.
“I wasn’t selling drugs or doing Yahoo. I was selling gold, but it’s for the small-scale mining lands. The small scale is for locals; it’s like to support locals,” he stated.
He noted that coming to terms with the legal implications of his actions forced him to reconsider his involvement.
“I’m like, if I continue doing this thing and I get arrested, I’m going to go to jail. That’s not fun,” he added.
Following his decision, the musician revealed that he relocated to Nigeria with plans to seek financial backing from family members to properly regularize his mining ambitions.
“I decided to move to Nigeria and look for which of my uncles was going to give me money so that I could go back to Ghana and continue the mining,” he said.
However, events took an unexpected turn, ultimately leading him into music.
“Then I ended up a musician,” he added.
He made this assertion during an interview on GlitchAfrica on April 19,2026.
