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“Promoters stopped booking me for shows after I left my record label. Whenever they wanted to book me, they contacted my label first, and they kept telling them I wasn’t okay in the head. Someone eventually called me to ask if I was okay and that was how I find out.”

— Mohbad

Magixx said an artiste with one hit song can charge ₦500k–₦700k per show, but with another hit, the fee can rise to ₦1m–₦1.5m, with labels still taking their cut. To charge $50k–$100k, you need a global hit.

Now imagine how much Asake, Rema, and Tems charge per show. 🤯

“Promoters aren’t giving some upcoming Fuji artistes gigs because music thrives more on insults than societal issues. Afrobeats is now bigger than Fuji, with artistes earning $150k per show while Fuji artistes struggle to earn ₦1m. Music lovers are aged 16–28.”

— K1 De Ultimate

“A producer dragged me on Twitter, accusing me of stealing his beat for Odumodublvck’s ‘Pity This Boy’. He had sent me a beat, but I never opened the message. He said I stole his loop because mine was similar and he said I turned off my read receipts.”

— Niphkeys

“Nigeria happened to me. I was given a course I didn’t want to study. I was told I could transfer if I got a high score, but after doing so, the HOD said he couldn’t let his best student leave. I couldn’t write JAMB again, so I started doing music because I was making money from it.”

— Niphkeys