July 21, (THEWILL) – Popular Nigerian musician, Simisola Kosoko, aka Simi, has opened up on why she dumped gospel music for secular music, citing remuneration as a significant factor.
The mother of one made this known in an interview on MTV Base Africa’s programme, ‘Official Naija Top Ten’. According to her, she was paid N5,000-N10,000 as a performance fee and as a gospel artiste, the highest amount she was ever paid was N70,000.
She added that, at that time, the amount felt like a lot to her and that she also had to pay her 10 per cent tithe from the money.
“I actually used to go to a lot of churches to perform. They will pay me like N5,000, N10,000. Do you know the highest amount of money I actually collected when I was doing gospel (music)? N70,000. And I felt like I had arrived. I still paid a 10 per cent tithe from the money,” she stated.
Speaking further, she added that she had to stop singing altogether at some point because she couldn’t meet up with finances for the studio sessions and music promotion.
While battling the challenge of meeting up with finances and studio work sessions, she had to make a switch to secular music in order to meet up with the expenses of nurturing her career.
