Ayra Starr: I didn’t date in school to avoid being anyone’s ex

Ayra Starr, the Grammy-nominated singer, has revealed that she avoided dating in high school because she didn’t want anyone to claim her as an ex-girlfriend later. 

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Speaking during an interview with Quenlin Blackwell, the 23-year-old Mavin Records artiste explained that she believed most of her admirers had ulterior motives.

“I didn’t date in high school because I didn’t want to be anybody’s ex. I’m such a baddie, like I knew, like a lot of guys were trying, and I was hmm, why are you trying? That means you must have an ulterior motive,” she said.

Born Oyinkansola Aderibigbe, Starr recently opened up about a secret relationship that inspired her recent single ‘Where Do We Go’.

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“‘Where Do We Go’ is inspired by a very secret relationship I had for a while, where it was very much like nobody knew what was going on — only us,” she said.

“My friends were telling me to wrap it up, but I was like, ‘No, I love him’.”

The ‘Rush’ hitmaker also stated that while everyone has a type, her ideal man isn’t defined by physical appearance.

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She explained that being attractive means little if the person lacks basic sense or intelligence.

“Yeah, I have a type. You have to have a type,” she said. “To be honest, my type is not too physical like that because you can be fine and not have sense. It is the truth,” she said.

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