I Wasn’t Hawking, I Was Helping My Mum - Singer, Salle Shares Story Behind Viral Video

Kosisochukwu Gospel Peters, the fast-rising singer, who is popularly known as Salle, has clarified the circumstances surrounding the viral video that brought her to the limelight.

In an interview with Chude Jideonwo, Salle explained that she was not hawking goods as widely perceived assisting her mother in her food selling business in the East.

According to Salle, the video was taken by a customer who wanted to capture her background and showcase her humble beginnings.

She stated that the tray she was holding in the video was used to serve food to customers who couldn’t come to her mother’s shop.

“I wasn’t hawking, Though you know, it’s hard to explain right now. Because literally, that’s what it looks like. When the person who made that video made that video, he took my permission, yes. He wanted to make that video in my mum’s shop; my mum sells food in the east.

“My mum said no. She doesn’t want a camera, and she doesn’t want herself out there on social media. She doesn’t want her property on social media, and we should go somewhere else. So the guy who made the video was like, ‘I need something that would make people know that this is your background, something that will represent who you are. I don’t just want people to just watch a random video. So you pick something from your mum’s shop to represent who you are.

“The tray I was holding, when people from the street behind my mum’s shop order food and they don’t have the strength to come, you know, to probably eat or pick it up, I go to serve them the food with the tray. The guy was like, ‘Why not pick this tray? At least is a good symbol of everything.’ That was how it happened. I wasn’t hawking; I serve food for my mum,”

Salle expressed gratitude to the person who recorded the video, saying he has good ears for music and was instrumental in discovering her talent.

“He was a music-minded person. He has good ears for music. He heard me singing while I was washing plates in my mum’s shop. He was a customer in the shop. He was like, ‘I want the world to hear what I’m hearing right now. I like what I’m hearing.’ I knew I could sing, but I did not know there was something like videos going viral. If you could sing, then put yourself on social media. It was because I wasn’t inclined then. I was just going about…,” he added.