Wednesday, April 18, 2012


 (1)
Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj
is one of the top five richest Nigerian Hip pop artistes.
For three years now, D’banj has been consistent in the list of highly rated entertainers in Nigeria.
he was once the highest paid Glo ambassador with about N70 Million.
He has a multimillion naira endorsement with an energy drink, power fist, a multimillion dollar partnership with the makers of Virgin Colour soft drink and a multimillion naira deal with popular jewellery icon, Chris Aire as the face of his watches.
Koko Mansion, a TV reality show, Koko Lounge, an upscale hangout in Lagos and the UK, Koko Foundation, a charity organisation and recently launched Koko Mobile.
D’banj is at the moment, one of the hottest and highest paid artists for gigs. With the release of his much anticipated album, Mr Endowed, the Kokomaster has become a hot cake for events especially on weekends.
Last year, he emerged the highest paid Nigerian artist. He was reported to have earned close to N 15 million for 3 slots of Star Trek Concert organized by Nigerian Breweries Plc.


(2)
Peter and Paul, the Okoye twins popularly known as P-Square
2010 was great year. Not because they released a new album, they were very fortunate to have got several contracts that earned them Hundreds of Millions of Naira.First they won KORA award for Best Africa Artist 2010. The award came with $1 million (N 150 million). Shortly after got the biggest endorsement deal with Glo, which we learnt is worth N 240 million for four years.
The Anambra State born R n B, hip pop artists had one of their greatest international gigs last year. Their American tour of about seven cities earned them a whopping sum of $ 1 million (N 150 million).
it was carried that P-Square moved into their N 300 million wondrous Omole, Lagos mansion with four brand new wonder-on-wheels worth N 65 million.
They have two multi million naira factories in Jos, where they built a multi million naira bakery and sachet water companies for their dad and mum.

(3)
Innocent Ujah Idibia (2face) at the moment one of the top five Nigerian hip pop musician to get a mouth watering endorsement with Guinness Extra Stout.The deal, we learnt earned the Benue State born artist N 20 million.
the release of the international edition of Unstoppable last year and for the first time in the history of Nigeria’s music; the CD was sold for N 1,000 & it was a huge success as many other artists started emulating the idea.His last year endorsement deal with Airtel, one of Nigeria’s telecommunication companies made the Enter The Place crooner to find his place in the list of top five richest Nigerian musicians him N 22 million in year.
the artist has invested heavily on property, real estate and stock, where he earns big bucks.

 (4)
Olubankole Wellington, better known as Banky W, Source close to the artist said he charges between N 2.5 million and N 3 million per show, performing three to four time in a week. He also featured in Cocoa Cola-Nigeria’s World Cup theme song and Microsoft’s Anti-cyber Crime Initiative. Banky W is also an entrepreneur and has invested heavily in businesses that are fetching him good money.
As a philanthropist, Mr Capable Foundation where he provided tuition fees for poor and brilliant students.

(5)
wande Ojosipe, better known as Wande Coal. His debut album Mushin 2 Mo’Hits was huge success and since then, the Bumper – to – Bumper crooner has been the toast of many both locally and internationally.
Findings have shown that he does gigs four to five times a week. For instance, Wande performed at AMAA Award in Bayelsa on Sunday, March 27, 2011, Ilorin on Monday (March 28), Abuja on Tuesday, March 29, Port Harcourt on Wednesday, March 30 of the same week where earned between N 2.5 million and N 3 million per show.
He charges between $ 15, 000 and $ 20, 000 for international gigs.
hi s song, Bumper to Bumper is being used for the commercial of Devon soap, a product of Orange Drugs Ltd. He’s also making his money from real estate.

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