Money Must Be Made!! Checkout 5 Nigerian Musicians Who Have A Side Hustle Apart From Music

Here are 5 Nigerian musicians who have got a paying side hustle apart from the music:

1. Eldee The Don



Eldee is a long time Nigerian rapper who relocated to faraway United States for greener pastures.

Side hustle: Playdata. Play data is a an online technology that keeps track of the amount of times a particular song gets played on radio. This helps artistes and radio advertisers to track revenues. Playdata is also the source of data used in some online music charts on popular websites in Nigeria.

2. Mr Eazi

Mr Eazi has always been a businessman. Before the music, he used to sell Gold 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.

Side hustle: phonetrader.ng – another phone trading and repair startup which he runs in partnership with Airtel Nigeria.

3. IllBliss



During my previous interview with him on Buzz’r TV, IllBliss told me (off camera) that he regards himself as an investor. He claims music does not pay the bills. Prodded on his side hustle,IllBliss said apart from being an investor, he also has a couple of Uber cars. Cool one!

4. 2Baba



Someone predicts 2Baba will retire from active music in 2017 (we’ll only watch and see). As for his side hustle, y’all know 2Baba runs the popular Club rumours which has branches in Festac Town, Ikeja GRA and now Victoria Island.

5. D’Banj



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 succesful ventures like the Koko Garri, Koko water etc. Plus he’s got huge endorsement deals with power brands like the Bank of industry.