Nollywood actor Ray Emodi<\/strong> has decided to stop acting in films and focus entirely on his music career.<\/p>\n Abia Radio News<\/strong> reports that the actor shared the news on Instagram, explaining that fans often ask about his absence from the screen.<\/p>\n Emodi reflected on his years in the film industry, recalling how some roles required working in unsafe environments, including locations where gunshots could be heard nearby.<\/p>\n He described leaving acting as a choice with personal consequences, noting that his family does not fully support the move due to strict expectations and their reputation.<\/p>\n The actor also addressed public misunderstandings about props used in his music-related scenes, clarifying that certain items were only for acting purposes and not real.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cI\u2019ve stopped acting films. I quit. I get this question a lot. People in comments, people that I meet, they ask me: \u2018Your films, your films.\u2019 I shot a film in a town that I won\u2019t mention, but we were literally hearing gunshots\u2026 a situation where something was going on in a town next to our town in West Michigan. My family doesn\u2019t support this\u2026 I respect that decision, and I won\u2019t do anything that would bring any stain to the name.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cYou don\u2019t see me with backloads. The backy is not full of Loud. It\u2019s a prop. I\u2019m acting in the music. I\u2019ve had some of the best experiences of my life on sets\u2026 it\u2019s not easy to say no when they call your phone to come back on set, but I had to stop saying yes. I love music, man. I\u2019ve always loved music, and I make good music. I love every single Nollywood fan\u2026 I\u2019m not leaving you. I\u2019m just going to make music for the dance floor.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Nollywood actor Ray Emodi has decided to stop acting in films and focus entirely on his music career. Abia Radio News reports that the actor shared the news on Instagram, explaining that fans often ask about his absence from the screen. Emodi reflected on his years in the film industry, recalling how some roles required […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":241708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[3312],"class_list":["post-241707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ray-emodi"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot_20260225-022512.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}