Nigerian Popular Singer, Simisola Kosoko better known as Simi has shared the one of the reason why she dumped Gospel music for secular music.
The Mother of one made it known during an interview with MTV Base Africa’s Programme, Official Naija Top 10, as she revealed that during her time as a gospel artist, the highest amount she ever got paid was N70,000.
Simi shares why she dumps gospel music
The “Duduke crooner” said at that time the amount had felt like a lot to her then and she had to pay 10 percent from the money.
Speaking on the challenges she had passed through, Simi stated that she had to stop singing all together at some point because she couldn’t meet up with the expenses of her music promotions and studio sessions.
Adding that she had to make a switch to secular music because of the problems she had faced as a gospel artist.
In her words,
“I actually used to go to a lot of churches to perform. They will pay me like N5k, N10k. 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.”
