Hiplife artist, Pope Skinny, says most of his colleagues perform at big musical concerts in Ghana perform for free because they want to be seen as relevant, and it is for that particular reason that many of them are broke. 

He stated that he makes more money from performing in villages and towns than most artistes do performing for free in shows held in Accra. He made a point to advise upcoming musicians who are just being introduced to stardom, asking them to make judicious use of their fame to make money instead of garnering unnecessary fame. 

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He revealed this in an interview with Amansan Krakye on Radio Central in Cape Coast saying, "Let me tell you something about this music industry because I have been doing this for a very long time. 

Some of these artistes who play big shows like Ghana meet Naija, VGMA, 3Music Awards etc and show up on most of the concerts, end up performing for free."

“Some even perform every week but make peanuts. We’re the ones who make the real money because I take small amounts and play a lot of shows in most towns and villages outside Accra. When I meet these artistes that now have hit songs, I advise them to make judicious use of their stardom to make enough money."

“Despite all the shows and concerts in Accra, some of the artistes don’t even get like 20k to leave the kind of life we’re leaving, not because we do fraud or we’re into cybercrime”.