Singer Simi reveals why she left gospel music, reveals she was being paid N5,000
Popular Nigerian singer, Simi has shared the reason why she left gospel music. Simi used to be a gospel artist and she stopped some times back and she has now revealed the reason why she stopped singing gospel songs.
Her full name is Simisola Kosoko, but she is known popularly as Simi. She is married to another Nigerian musician, Adekunle Gold. They could got married in 2019 in Lagos and they have a daughter together. Their daughter, Adejare was born in 2020.
Their traditional wedding in 2019
Simi, her husband and their child.
Simi has shared that the reason she left gospel music was the rate she was being paid.
She revealed this during a recent interview when she featured on the Official Naija Top 10 which is an MTV Base Africa Program.
She said she used to be paid as low as N5,000-N10,000 for her performance. She says this was the rate they would pay her as her performance fee while she was still a gospel artist.
She said she would go to lots of churches to perform and it was 5k to 10k they would give her.
She mentioned that the highest she was ever paid was N70,000. She says when she got this amount, she felt like she had arrived. She revealed that she paid a 10% tithe from that money.
She mentioned that at some point, she wasn't making enough money from gospel music so she stopped singing.
She revealed she didn't have enough money to pay for studio sessions and promotions.
She revealed that she didn't have money and so she got signed to a record label that she regrets signing till today.
She says these are the challenges she encountered that was what made her leave gospel music for secular music.
Popular Nigerian singer, Simi has shared the reason why she left gospel music. Simi used to be a gospel artist and she stopped some times back and she has now revealed the reason why she stopped singing gospel songs.
Her full name is Simisola Kosoko, but she is known popularly as Simi. She is married to another Nigerian musician, Adekunle Gold. They could got married in 2019 in Lagos and they have a daughter together. Their daughter, Adejare was born in 2020.
Their traditional wedding in 2019
Simi, her husband and their child.
Simi has shared that the reason she left gospel music was the rate she was being paid.
She revealed this during a recent interview when she featured on the Official Naija Top 10 which is an MTV Base Africa Program.
She said she used to be paid as low as N5,000-N10,000 for her performance. She says this was the rate they would pay her as her performance fee while she was still a gospel artist.
She said she would go to lots of churches to perform and it was 5k to 10k they would give her.
She mentioned that the highest she was ever paid was N70,000. She says when she got this amount, she felt like she had arrived. She revealed that she paid a 10% tithe from that money.
She mentioned that at some point, she wasn't making enough money from gospel music so she stopped singing.
She revealed she didn't have enough money to pay for studio sessions and promotions.
She revealed that she didn't have money and so she got signed to a record label that she regrets signing till today.
She says these are the challenges she encountered that was what made her leave gospel music for secular music.