Nigerian recording artiste, Spyro, whose real name is Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, has mentioned that Gospel musicians are in the music industry just to make money like their Afrobeats counterparts.
He claimed that there was no difference between the gospel artists and their secular counterparts, who perform for financial gratification.
The self-acclaimed ‘Jesus boy’ claimed in a recent episode of the Hip TV programme, Trending, hosted by Pascal.
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He said, “The people that claim to be gospel artists or gospel ministers are just artists -they are in the business to make money just like us in the Afrobeats industry.”
Earlier, eelive reported that the ‘Who is your guy?” crooner spoke on the pressure female artists face in the music industry.
“There is a lot of pressure on female artists to do crazy things. Tems is holding it down decently, yet she is one of the biggest [female artists] in the world right now. She is decent. She has it together.
“Sometimes, I’m just like, how is she able to do this? We should put Tems out there for our young ladies to be looking up to as a role model,” he said.
Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, professionally known as Spyro, is a Nigerian singer and songwriter. He gained widespread recognition after the release of his single “Billing,” which was released in July 2022.
