The
Richest Nigerian musicians and their net worth is something everyone
talks about nowadays. Nigerian artistes are truly smiling to the bank
with a lot of endorsements deals and rich companies clamoring for their
signature. Don Jazzy and D’prince have been unveiled as new MTN
ambassadors while Burna Boy has been unveiled as the lastest Globacom
telecommunication Ambassador. I must say it is a big achievement for
Burna Boy seeing he is quite fresh to the Nigerian music scene. Some
will say money is not everything, but it is hard to denial that money is
powerful. The reason we all go to work is so we can at least make some
money – I mean some serious money. Nigerian artiste 9ice once said in
street credibility ‘’Omo na turn by turn, pray papa God make e reach
your turn’’.
As a follow up of the article we wrote some months
ago about the Richest musicians in Nigerian. Here is an update of the
summary of the richest Nigerian musicians and their net worth. This time
we have added a few new names to make the survey as broad as possible. PSquare
is certainly up there as one of Nigeria’s richest musicians. There is
absolutely no stopping them. Micheal Jackson’s brother- Jermaine
Jackson- recently paid respect to Psquare calling them a versatile
group. In January 2013, Psquare purchased a Multi-Million naira home in
the US , in the city of San Francisco. The house is estimated to be
worth over N434 million Naira. (N434, 000,000)
The bulk of
Psquare’s earnings comes from concerts, especially in Africa. The duo
has sold above 14 million copies of their CDs since 2005. They won the
KORA award for Best Africa Artiste in 2010 and the award came with
mouth-watering $1m (N150m). Shortly after, the duo got an endorsement
deal with Globacom telecommunications worth about N240m for four years.
The group owns Rayfield Hotel in Jos, and two multi-million naira
factories in the same city, where they built a multimillion naira bakery
and sachet water companies for their dad and mum, among other
investments. They are said to charge over N3m per show.
P-Square
has two Sequioa Sports Utility Vans (SUVs), one hummer SUV, truck bus,
Toyota Altima among other automobiles. In December 2011 the duo were
signed to Akon Konvict music in a multi-million Naira deal. Psquare also
has landed properties in Jos, Port Harcourt and a N400 million naira
house in Lagos.. There is no doubt that the psqaure are in the
millionaires club. In 2012 the duo bought an airbus private Jet.
Dapo
Daniel Oyebanjo (popularly known as D’banj, born June 9, 1980), is a
singer-songwriter, an harmonica player and a businessman. He is
popularly known as the Koko Master and the Eja nla of Africa. He is
definitely one of Nigeria’s richest musicians, an astute and a shrewd
business man. D’Banj once said, “I work hard so that awards,
endorsements, bookings and kokolets can chase me.” Without reservations,
D’banj has a knack for making money. Apart from his music, He owns KoKo
water, Koko Garri, Koko Mansion and Koko Lounge – a luxurious bar in
Lagos and the united kingdom. He launched Koko Mobile making him the
first Nigerian artiste to do so. He is now also planning to launch Koko
mattress and Koko condoms.
The bulk of Dbanj’s earnings comes
from endorsements deals. He has a multimillion naira deal with Chris
Aire, as the face of his watches and another one with UAC Foods. His
endorsement deal with Globacom telecommunications cost N70m. In 2013
D’banj was unveiled as the headliner for Hennessy 2013. He collects
between $80,000 to $150,000 for African shows and £40,000 to £60,000 for
UK shows; and $50,000 to $60,000 for American shows. He also has a
lucrative deal with Power Fist energy drink, and a deal with the makers
of Virgin Colour soft drink.
D’banj drives a 32 million naira
Aston Martin Vantage. His latest album ‘D kings Men‘ was launched in
June 2013 at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
2face
is certainly one of Nigeria’s most popular hip hop artiste. He became
famous after the release of his monster song ”African Queen”. His debut
album Face 2 face (2004) established Mr. Idibia as a viable solo artist.
He is speculated to be worth over 550 million naira and has had
endorsement deals with brands like Guinness, which earned him N20m and
Airtel, which earned him N22m this year.
2face charges between
N4m and N5m per show and has established an NGO called 2Face Idibia
Reach-Out Foundation. The motto of the Foundation is service to
humanity. 2face is an easy-going guy whose down-to-earth nature has won
in millions of fans. He was also said to have earned N30m from the
producers of Phat Girls movie.
2face has investments in real estate and stocks, where he earns big bucks.
Banky
W is one of sexiest and richest Nigerian musicians. He is a prolific
Nigerian singer song-writer and King of R & B in Nigeria. He was one
of the first Nigerian artiste to believe in Wizkid’s ability and
potential. He is also called Mr Capable. Most of his earnings comes from
endorsements and from gigs. As the CEO of EME records he charges
between N2.5m and N3m per show and performs three to four times in a
week according to recent reports. He is a brand ambassador of Estisalat,
one of Nigeria’s telecommunications giants, and an ambassador for
Samsung Mobile for the West African Region.
Banky is not only an
R& B Star, he is also an entrepreneur and has invested heavily in
businesses that are fetching him cool cash. As a philanthropist, he
founded the Mr. Capable Foundation, where he provides tuition fees for
indigent and brilliant students. Besides selling millions of records, he
has also been extremely successful in many Corporate Marketing
Campaigns. A previous ambassador for the Hennessy Artistry Project. Mr. W
is also an accomplished Master of Ceremonies
Banky W has won several music awards.
Wizkid
is the certainly the wonder boy of Nigerian music. He started as a Kid
and many folks thought he was too young to make it in the Nigerian music
industry. He kicked off his singing career as early as 11 when he
recorded his first song with one of Nigeria’s celebrated music icons,
OJB Jezreel. Today wizkid is known as the pop Prince of Africa.
Ayodeji
Ibrahim Balogun (born July 16, 1990) better known as Wizkid, Star Boy,
and Wizzy is a Nigerian recording artist, songwriter, and performer who
fame is well deserved. He now floats his own label called Star boy
Records. He charges 5 million Naira per show and won the BET 2012 Best
African International Act Award.
He toured London in 2012 and
performed at the HMV Apollo on June 4, 2012 in London, England.On
November 12, 2012, Wizkid performed at the BBC 1xtra Live 02 Academy in
Brixton alongside Trey Songz, Tulisa, Kendrick Lamar, and Angel. In 2013
wizkid performed at the Summer’s Yahoo Wireless Festival 2013 in
London.
Wizkid drives a N15million Porsche Panamera
Don
Jazzy is the CEO of MAVIN records which he founded in May 2012 after
his split up with childhood friend and Mo’Hits partner, D’banj. He and
D’banj performed together for the first time after the split in D’banj
sister’s wedding some weeks ago. Don Jazzy is not only a music producer
and song writer, he is also a multi-award winning musician and an
enterpreneur. Don Jazzy still has his deal with Kanye’s G.O.O.D Music,
even though he and D’Banj have parted ways. In August 2013 he became an
MTN ambassador signing a lucrative deal together with his brother
D’prince.
On Friday 30th November 2012, Don Jazzy was announced
as a ambassador for Loya Milk. Apart from Loya milk, Don Jazzy is also
the Brand Ambassador for Samsung. He recently was rated as the 36th.
“Most powerful celebrity in Africa” according to Forbes. He is one of
the richest musicians in Nigeria.
Don Jazzy has a black Cadillac
Escalade worth N12,000,000 with his name on the number plate; he has a
black Bentley Continental Flying Spur worth N29,600,000, and he owns a
black Range Rover Sports worth N9,600,000, and drives a Porsche 911
Carrera worth N13,440,000.
David
Adeleke aka Davido is the son of a multimillionaire. His name and brand
has grown really fast in the last few months. The Skelewu crooner has a
N140 Million house in Lekki, Nigeria. He rocks a luxurious Necklace
from Ice Box Jewelers. The necklace is called ”Jesus Piece” and is worth
over $20,000. It is the same necklace worn by Kanye West, Jay Z, D’banj
and so on. Davido also rocks a diamond-encrusted ROLEX wrist watch
worth over $25,000 dollars.
Davido owns a 2012 Audi Q7, a 2012
Silver Honda Accord, a N6m Chevrolet Camaro and a 2012 model Hyundai
Sonata which he received from The Headies awards for winning the ‘Next
Rated’ prize. These automobiles run into millions of naira. In July 2013
Davido added another luxurious automobile to his collection of cars – a
Mercedes G55 AMG worth about N30m.
Timaya
(born November 29, 1977) needs to be added to this list of the richest
Nigerian musicians. As a Nigerian artiste and songwriter he has managed
to stay relevant in the Nigerian music industry. He is popularly called a
dance hall artiste. Timaya also known as the Egberi Papa 1 (the peoples
town crier) of Bayelsa is known for his music that constantly
references the role of God in overcoming poverty, hardship and difficult
circumstances. Timaya used to be a plantain seller, but today his story
has changed. He remains an example to everyone going through difficult
times that ‘No condition is permanent’. You can change your story if you
believe you can.
Timaya has sold over 30million records and is a
UN ambassador. His recent single, Mind over matter with D banj went
viral the first hour it was released. Timaya owns and drives a Range
Rover and Escalade Truck in Lagos while his home in Port Harcourt,
Rivers State boasts a 2010 Camry and another Range Rover. Last year He
added a Bentley Continental GT Coupe to his fleet. He bought the car for
a whopping $205, 000 (about N31m)
Timaya is now building a
multi-million naira home for his mother in Benin city. Timaya’s latest
hits include ”Sexy Ladies” and ”Ekoloma Demba’‘.
They
are doing well...but I think that list is incomplete without a name
like Wuuworld.......that guy na certified drugs...Oluwa endorsed...In
2013 he signed an endorsement deal with Arc Angel micheal and 24 elders
to be in charge of women affair....the deal worth a whooping sum of
#eternal life.
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