Ayra Starr Relationship: Who is Ayra Starr’s Husband?
Ayra Starr was raised in Lagos State and was born into a Christian family. She has only one sibling, a brother, who is also an artist. In 2018 she lost her Dad and that had a huge effect on her as she was very close to her Dad. She also wrote and sang tribute songs to her dad. She resides with her mother and brother on the mainland in Lagos State, Nigeria.
In Ayra Starr’s music career, she has always wanted to get into music from age 10, but she was advised by her father to complete her education first. In several interviews with Ayra Starr, she said many musicians locally and internationally have influenced her music career. Ayra Starr said she admires Asa lyrically. Ayra added that Asa is one of those musicians she’d listen to, so she can learn how to write songs properly.
Ayra Starr also in an interview gave credit to Shakira, Beyonce, Miley Cyrus, and Rihanna saying, “It was just the power I would feel listening to their music. We didn’t get a lot of Nigerian female singers singing strongly about things like them not as we do now.”
She also said that when she was young, some other people that made influences her music were, 2Face Idibia, Angelique Kidjo, Wande Coal, Tope Alabi, Lijadu Sisters, Justin Bieber, Tiwa Savage, Sia, and Nicki Minaj.
How was Ayra Starr discovered? Ayra Starr was first in the fashion industry when she was 16 years old with Quove Model Management before she ventured into music. She posted her first original song on her Instagram page in December 2019. Before then, she usually makes covers of several famous artists like 2Face Idibia, Andra Day, and several others on her Instagram page. This was what made Ayra Starr discovered by many fans and she also got the attention of Don Jazzy who signed her to his record label, Mavin Records. Starr also appeared in Eri Ife’s music video of the song titled “Dear Future Wife.” She became recognized by Don Jazzy after she uploaded her song titled “Damage” on her Instagram page.
In 2020, Ayra Starr was signed into Mavin Records and she began recording in Mavin Studios, Lagos, Nigeria. She released her self-titled debut extended play on January 22, 2021, with her record label, Mavin Records. Ayra Starr disclosed the aim of her self-titled extended play was to make music that young and old people would surely love. The EP had sounds of R&B/neo-soul and Afropop. In her self-titled EP, she wrote one of the songs there and her brother named Dami wrote the remaining four. Her self-titled EP became number one on Apple Music and Nigeria iTunes. Getting to march 2021, her debut self-titled EP was able to gather over 15 million streams across Audio Mack, YouTube, and Spotify.
On August 6, 2021, Ayra Starr released her debut studio album titled “19 & Dangerous.” The debut album made it to different charts and one of her singles in the album titled “Bloody Samaritan” climbed the Top 50 for some weeks on the chart. After it reached the top (number one) spot, that made Ayra Starr the first female artist to make such history with a solo single.
In 2021 also, Starr collaborated with Cheque on the song “Dangerous” which happens to be the second track on his “Bravo” album.
Her song titled “Rush” made her the Youngest African Female Artist to have over 100 million views on YouTube with a single video. Rush charted in several countries like Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland where it reached Number 36.
Ayra Starr Relationship: Who is Ayra Starr’s Husband?
As at time of this writing, Ayra Starr doesn’t have a boyfriend or husband. She has not officially said she is in a relationship with any man. We have also not seen traces of LGBTQ in her. Therefore, different sources said Starr is still dealing with an awful breakup that happened around the time she was signed by Don Jazzy into Mavin Records.
It is confirmed that Rema and Ayra Starr are not in any romantic relationship. Both musicians in the same Mavin Records label have confirmed that they are just friends. In fact, Ayra Starr called Rema her brother in Christ. Rema recently disclosed to Cool FM that there’s nothing between himself and Ayra Starr. He said he loves going to events with her because of her positive and unique energy and vibes. Ayra disclosed her own with Kiss FM saying there’s no romantic relationship between herself and Rema.