WAJE PLANS TO QUIT MUSIC OVER LACK OF MONEY
Ife Adewole
Talented Nigerian female singer, Aituaje Iruobe popularly known as Waje has said she wants to quit doing professional music over lack of money for publicity.
Waje stated this in a now-viral video, stating the high cost of publicity and low album sales as reasons she was not prepared to invest in her musical career any more.
In the video, Waje said, “After everybody shouted ‘Waje, your last album was how many years ago, please we need an album’. Where are all the people that were shouting?
“I don’t have the money for publicity and that’s what I am saying. Emerald’s (her daughter) school fees is there.
“It’s like I have ten things laid out for me and every single time, its always been my music, my music that is taking the bulk of my money.
“I am not willing to put money there anymore,” she said.
Nigerians on Twitter have reacted to the video, making ‘Waje’ the number three trending topic on Twitter, as of the time of writing this report.
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