So I thought too, until I looked more closely!
Hassan, otherwise known as KentOxygen is a Nigerian singer with root in
African folk music. He got engaged to the love of his life, Funmi
recently.
Not only does he do beautiful music, I think he kinda looks like ‘Falz the bahd guy’.
Photography by @doweddings
Here’s a story of how their love story began. Enjoy!
friend at his church and just at the choir stand I saw two girls
singing and smiling. One was tall, the other was short. The tall girl
caught my attention because she was very beautiful, her smile was like a
shiny star and she also looked very much like a friend of mine. Her
name is Oluwafunmilayo. Quickly I made enquiries and was told she wasn’t
my friend’s sister and was a very decent girl. The following year, we
became really good friends. Would always visit her at her mother’s
shop.
2006 September, I visited her as usual at her mother’s
shop. Behold her mother went south on me and told me to stop coming to
visit her because she needs to focus on her studies as she just gained
admission into the university. I was shocked but said nothing. Funmi
and I stopped talking for a while but we couldn’t hold it so we got back
to talking.
I decided to ask her out and told a close female friend
of mine. She talked me out of it and told me how one of our friends
tried asking Funmi out and Funmi embarrassed him. So I went for another
girl.
2009, while I was in a relationship, I still wanted Funmi, so I told her my feelings. She told me I had to leave the girl I
am saying before she could say yes to me but indecision rocked my entire
system and so I did nothing. Funmi went on to dating another guy who
was my friend. I was felt bad but knew well that I could not eat my cake
and have it.
Fast forward to 2013, I was eventually single, she
had broken up with my friend so I asked funmi out and told her how much
I wanted her. Unfortunately she was in a relationship and would not
break up the relationship because all seemed to be going in well.
Urghhhh. I resigned to faith.
May 29th 2014, my birthday, I was
home alone. Funmi came to celebrate with my twin and I. We took pictures
and watched film together. The thought of asking her out came to me
again. I immediately cautioned myself from it because she already told
me she didn’t want to have any relationship after eventually breaking up
with her bf.
Two days later, on her way from work, she decided to just come stay with my twin and I for the rest of the day. At about 10pm,
we were in the room together and my mind wouldn’t let me rest. It was
as if if I didn’t ask her out that, I wouldn’t survive the night so I
said it the way I could, in an un-composed way. Am sure that was the
worst toast I ever did in my entire life.
After saying
my jargon, she smiled and said. Keeenny. Immediately, I jumped up, ran
out of the room to cool off. Where I was sitted, a voice came to me
saying “it is settled”.
The following morning, as I was
about going out, she told me we would talk later about it. We later
talked about it and the rest is history. A story that now results in spending the rest of our lives together.