Top 10 Nigerian artistes who have side hustle apart from music
Making money off music is one thing, making money from your side hustles drives a whole new meaning to content, and here are the Top 10 Nigerian artistes who have side hustle apart from music.
While some of the artists on this list still make millions of money from music and some already closed that chapter in their life, they all have one thing in common, side hustles that are very important to them and don’t have anything to do with being famous.
Top 10 Nigerian artistes who have side hustle apart from music
Bad Boy Timz
Headies Rookie of the year award recipient, Bad Boy Timz, took to his social media to drop a pic of himself at His day job.
The Have fun crooner is spotted wearing a hard hat, while standing in front of what looked to be some heavy machinery at a construction site.
The picture drew a lot of attention with more than a few people shocked, while some showed their respect for his hardwork, others would rather have him in the studio dropping new songs
Davido
Davido has been an in-demand artiste for years in the music scene as well as being the son of one of the richest men in Nigeria.
However, despite coming from money and making money off of music, the singer, label boss, and father of three have on several occasions ventured into other businesses.
In 2018, Davido took to social media to announce a new business venture. Sharing a photo of himself posing next to a sports racing car, he revealed that was his new side hustle.
This is is coming after a clothing line announcement back in 2015.Nothing from this front in years though.
Harrysong
Being the most sought-after act at some point in one’s career definitely comes with some good paycheck and this we want to assume Harry put into good use.
While dealing with the fact that his career is not as illuminating as it was once, the singer recently revealed he has a side hustle; farming.
Yemi Alade
Mama Africa herself! In 2015, Yemi announced her jewelry line, which was a collection of an exclusive range of jewelry inspired by the singer’s career and personality.
In 2016, one of her pieces was worn by U.S singer, Trey Songz. She shared a photo online and wrote;
”When this humble and amazing man @treysongz wore THE KINGPIN NECKLACE FROM my collection TheYemiAladeJewelryCollection….”
As at the time of this article, we are unsure if Miss Alade is still pursuing that line of business.
Pepenazi
Yes I know, not many of you remember him, but yes, he is still an artist and still very much not staying idle.
Pepenazi
The singer like some of his colleagues also has a side hustle and his is shoe production.
Early this year, he announced the birth of his new business ”Pepenazi Shoes” and has continued to share updates on his Instagram.
illbliss
During my previous interview with him on Buzz’r TV , IllBliss told me (off camera) that he regards himself as an investor.
Iconic Nigerian artiste 2Baba sure is one businessman. Since hitting the spotlight well over 20 years ago, his knack for business has continued to grow.
He ventured into the real estate business and is also a club owner.
According to reports, he owns the clubs ”Rumours” located in Ikeja and Festac Town.
DBanj
The Koko Master might be struggling musically but his bank account keeps getting on the rise.
D’Banj has leveraged the ‘Koko’ brand to come up with successful ventures like the Koko Garri, Koko water etc.
The success of his business can also be attributed to his huge endorsement deals with power brands like the Bank of Industry.
Mr Eazi
Mr Eazi has always been a businessman, Before the music, he used to sell gold and other stuffs in Ghana and organize campus rave parties.
Before the fame, he and his business partner ran a now defunct phone trading company which got about $30,000 from investors.
He quit the business due to co-founder issues. He currently owns phonetradr, another phone trading and repair startup which he runs in partnership with Airtel Nigeria.
Eldee The Don
Eldee is a long time Nigerian rapper who relocated to faraway United States for greener pastures, his side hustle is Playdata.
Play data is a an online technology that keeps track of the amount of times a particular song is played on radio.
This helps artistes and radio advertiser to track revenues, Playdata is also the source of some of the data used in charts on popular Nigerian music sites