Sometime around 2008 to 2010, singer, Kelly Handsome was one of those that were the rave of the moment. His songs, like ‘Maga Don Pay, Like Play‘, and the rest were favorites in the airwaves.
Little, however, did anyone know that the singer, despite the wide acceptance at the time, was not making plenty money.
In a recent chat with Newsman, the singer has now revealed that music does not sustain him. According to him, he has other sources of income. He now lives abroad with his wife and daughter, he said.
Kelly Handsome’s words below;
I have never received royalties for Maga don Pay and all those songs that brought me to the limelight. Anyway, I am not looking forward to getting it because it doesn’t feed me. I am comfortable on my own; music has not really paid me. Have I signed an endorsement deal? Companies come to me but I don’t agree with their terms. You cannot use money to buy me because I am not desperate.
I was hoping that the Copyright Society of Nigeria would do some calculation and pay artistes, but nothing has happened. We have a body but I have not heard from them in a while. I don’t even think of all that any longer.
I live in the United States of America; I only come to Nigeria when I have things to do. I have other things I do with my life now but I don’t like to reveal details. I have a family and I have a daughter to take care of.
On doing a collaboration with younger artistes, he said:
Collaborating with an artiste happens naturally. When you connect with an artiste, you make music together. I cannot just collaborate with an artiste because he has sung one popular song when he doesn’t know me and I don’t know him. I have principles that guide me. I have tasted fame; so, I am not looking for it again. I still do music but I do it differently.
