Nigerian music producer, K Solo, real name Solomon Oyeniyi, revealed that he didn’t have much money, in fact he was a broke back in the days when he was rated as one of the biggest producers in Nigeria.
In a recent interview with GoldmyneTV, he stated that, though he was famous while producing Timaya and other big artistes, it wasn’t earning him money.
“When I was working on Timaya and the fame was so huge, I didn’t even have money to give out to people. People called me for interviews, but I couldn’t go and they felt I had pride. I didn’t have pride, but there was no money to give people who were supporting me on TV or radio. When I wanted to go to events, I would go with Timaya’s CDs to give out to people disturbing me for money.”
According to him, most of the young producers working with top musicians are poor. He said the following:
“I know many people with big names that cannot take care of themselves; they depend on girlfriends and ‘yahoo boys’ for survival. Some producers don’t have money to buy equipment. It is that terrible. They feel bad about it; I have gone through this too. I try to advice many of them never to give up as it was a phase we passed through too. The adage that empty barrel makes the loudest noise is true. When people are wealthy, you hardly hear them talk.”