Nigerian singer Panshak Zamani who is popularly known as Ice Prince has discussed his early struggles.

The "Aboki" crooner claims that after losing his father when he was only eleven years old, his life took a challenging turn when he lost his mother at the age of 21.

Ice Prince disclosed in a recent episode of the "Listen" podcast that he laboured at a number of low-paying jobs to finance his schooling but decided against attending college since he did not have the N20,000.

He said, “I don’t have a mother or father. I’m an only son. That’s quite tough. I was eleven years old when I lost my dad. I was about 21 or 22 when my mum passed away. And I have a huge family that depends on me.

“I don’t have no uncle, aunty, godfather or godmother that I depend on. It has been nothing but God in my life.

“I want people to look at my life and say if I can succeed then no one has an excuse to fail.

“I was the guy that spent at least three weeks at home every term because of school fees. I didn’t go to the University because of N20,000. I had about two weeks to pay that money but I couldn’t raise it on time. That was how I lost the admission.”