Nigerian DJ and entrepreneur, Florence Otedola, popularly known as DJ Cuppy, has revealed how she uses her academic pursuits to dodge the constant pressure to get married.
The billionaire heiress disclosed that whenever her grandmother asks about her husband, she simply produces another academic certificate — turning her growing list of degrees into a humorous escape route from marriage questions.
“I call it avoidance of marriage.
“Every time my grandma asks, ‘Where’s your husband?’, I show her a new certificate,” Cuppy said.
But while Cuppy may be using degrees to avoid the marriage conversation, she revealed that potential suitors are not giving up.
The entertainer said she receives marriage proposals every day, stressing that many of those trying to find her a husband are not even her fans.
“I get marriage proposals every day. And I’m not even talking about fans.
“Everyone is apparently trying to help me when I have not asked to be helped,” she said.
Cuppy made the revelations while speaking about her academic journey, career and philanthropic activities in an interview with Marie Claire published on Thursday.
The music star has built an impressive academic record, having studied at New York University, the University of Oxford and King’s College London, with another qualification reportedly in view.
For Cuppy, however, the degrees are not merely about adding more certificates to her collection.
She said she has always wanted to understand the industries in which she operates instead of simply being a participant.
“With entertainment, I have never just wanted to participate.
“I want to understand who controls what and learn as much about their processes as possible,” she said.
FROM ‘FEMI’S DAUGHTER’ TO ‘CUPPY’S DAD’
Cuppy also revealed a moment involving her billionaire father, Femi Otedola, that left her feeling proud.
According to the DJ, her father recently told her that someone approached him at an airport and asked to take a photograph with him after recognising him as “Cuppy’s dad.”
“Recently, my dad told me that someone stopped him at the airport to take a picture because they recognised him as ‘Cuppy’s dad’,” she recalled.
The incident, she said, marked a major role reversal.
“It made me feel good because normally, I’m Femi’s daughter, but on that day, to that person, he was my dad.”
Cuppy also spoke about her philanthropic work, saying charity should not be limited to simply giving money or material things.
She argued that philanthropy should focus on creating lasting solutions to social problems.
“Charity is just giving because you want to,” she explained.
“Being a philanthropist, though, is about making a lasting difference. It’s about long-lasting results.”
With marriage proposals reportedly arriving every day, Cuppy appears to have found her own unique defence against the pressure to settle down.
Whenever grandma asks for a husband, another degree may be on the way.
