Women are attracted to me | Steve Crown speaks up

 Steve Crown Uche Okolo, a fast-rising Nigerian gospel minister, presently, shares the stage with many great gospel artists, singing in concerts, crusades and serves as a music director in several choirs and singing groups.

   Steve Crown has a diploma in law from the University of Abuja and went further to the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura Namoda in Zamfara State where he read Office Technology and Management with the hope of taking more courses in the near future.

   In this interview with Celebrity Hits team, the 27-year old fair complexioned instant superstar after the monster hit, spoke on how he deals with female fans, and shares some of his visions for the gospel music industry…Excerpts.

How long have you been doing this?

   "Professionally, a little over two years but I have been into music since I was a kid. I grew up to see my parents in the music world. I was born into an orthodox family, and we go to church where we do all the sofa notes—Do-Re-Mi-Fa Hu-Ha-Ha—and I got to learn from mum. Every morning we all do the devotion where we sing together, worshipping God and since then it became a lifestyle for me, not knowing that this is where it will lead me to because I was not looking forward to a career in music. This is how God arrests someone and chooses a path and it has been exciting and I am grateful to God.

I am into music full time. I have my studio, Lakelight Entertainment which is my record label. It’s actually more than a record label because we are looking at doing a lot of things. Lakelight Entertainment is with a vision and mission to discover talents, listen and help create a platform that will help them create positive impact in the society."

 Now that you have become a celebrity, has your lifestyle changed?

Very well, things I want to do, I can’t do them anymore. Sometimes, I cannot be free to do certain things. I like to eat corn on the road. But there are things people won’t expect you to do anymore.  I am very careful what I do now. At the same time, it has given me a good life. God has really blessed me because I am not who I used to be. I thank God for recognition because when you are recognised in your society as someone making impact, it makes you live longer. You have less to worry though it imposes some pressure, but all the same, it’s for good. So that’s the most important thing.
You’re very handsome, how do you cope with female fans?

I take myself as an image of God. Of course, when God blesses you, whether you are fine or not, you become attractive to a lot of people. Everybody is created beautiful. But there’s something about God putting something special in you which makes you a centre of focus. It’s something you cannot run away from. For me, dealing with female fans take personal discipline and grace of God. But at the same time, I just see them as people who admire God in me. I don’t take it as if I am one street fine boy somewhere that everybody is dying for. No! Take away God from me, I am nothing. That’s just the truth. So, I deal with them not as one superstar. I deal with them as people who crave for God in me. So, I don’t have any reason to feel like one big boy or feel like somebody someone is chasing. I see myself as somebody people want to attract themselves to because of the grace I carry.

  Who are your role models?
My first role model is my father, he is a very peaceful man who loves to pursue things and get them done and I have learnt a lot from him. I have learnt to take life as it comes and I have also learnt to love God because he is a very strong believer. My mum is a role model to me too. She has really done a lot for me. She has pushed me through hard labour and a lot more. In the outside world, I see other great people as my role models. I don’t want to mention names because I have quite a lot of them. In one way or the other they have influenced my life. Several great men of God; Pastor Mike Nwanegbo, Pastor Joshua Talena, Pastor Benny Hinn, Don Moen, all gospel music ministers in Nigeria. They are also doing great. I have learnt a lot from them.

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