Why Nigerian artistes charge high fees for performance – Bella Shmurda

 Singer, Bella Shmurda, has shared his opinion on the skyrocketing performance fees of Nigerian artistes.

The music star stated that he and his colleagues charge high fees because of their huge expenditures as musicians.

Speaking in a recent interview with Naija FM Lagos, Bella Shmurda explained that musicians pay a lot of people who work with them behind the scene from their performance fees.

He also cited high cost of music production and promotion as well as expensive lifestyles as parts of the reasons.

“Speaking from the perspectives of an artiste, making music is expensive. I don’t repeat clothes because I’m a public figure. I spent $100,000 to pay producers, songwriters and engineers that worked on my album. That’s over N100 million. Not to mention music videos and promotion costs. That’s a lot.

So, I go for a show, I would charge what would equate my investments. Even if I don’t make profit, I should a least be able to recover the cost of production. So, we are not overcharging. If you look at it from our own perspective, you will agree that we are not overcharging,” he explained.