Singer Timi Dakolo said gospel artists like every other musician need to be compensated for their work because they spend money producing music.
Dakolo was reacting to statements credited to Apostle Lazarus, criticising gospel artists for charging fees to perform at church events.
Dakolo defended gospel musicians, highlighting the financial investment required to sustain their craft. He urged Christians to recognise that, beyond its spiritual significance, music is also a profession that demands compensation.
“You deserve the very best things life has to offer. You should be paid what you deserve. Studio session, production and promotion cost a lot. You have a family to feed, you have rent to pay,” Dakolo wrote on his Instagram social media
“You have more songs to put out. We should stop all these attack on people’s work. As much as it is spiritual, music is an art. If you can’t pay people, Use your choir members and pay the amount you could have given the guest artist. I doubt the second part.”
