Ep63: Sliding Doors with Cuppy

Cuppy, professionally known as DJ Cuppy, is a Nigerian DJ, Radio host and Producer with over 9 million followers on Instagram and recently graduated from Oxford University with a Master's degree in African Studies. Her DJ life has taken her to amazing places including Glastonbury, the Monaco Grand Prix and the Elton John Aids Foundation Gala. She started The Cuppy Foundation in 2018 and the raised $17 million to help displaced children across Nigeria. She also has the Cuppy Africa Oxford Scholars Fund, pledging a gift of £100K to the Africa Oxford Initiative to support African graduate students at Oxford. In 2020, Cuppy was inducted into the Forbes Magazine’s 30 under 30 class and she has also been the host of BBC 1Xtra's Sunday Breakfast Show.In this episode Cuppy discusses all of her beliefs in destiny and being open to opportunities. She tells us all about the amazing chance moment that led her to meet her fiancé and get engaged after 48 hours! She opens up about the moment she decided to start the Cuppy Foundation and how that one decision has gone on to help so many people. And the amazing moment she decided to shave her head and how that changed so much for her.@slidingdoorspod Hosted by: @jenbecks28 Guest: @cuppymusic Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Have you ever had a Sliding Doors Moment - a decision or opportunity that could have gone either way that leads to two very different futures?I’m Jennie Becker and I’m fascinated by ‘what if’ moments - what they look like, what we can learn from them - and how we can begin to embrace them.Four years ago I had my very own Sliding Doors Moment when I decided to start this podcast. Since then I’ve been on an incredible journey helping guests join the dots on the small decisions or moments that made a big difference and built the path of their lives.From Olympians to Presenters, Actors to Entrepreneurs (and even the cast of the 90s hit movie!), each episode I get to meet amazing people and ask them what could have been, if they’d chosen differently… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.