Prominent gospel performer Sonnie Badu has stated that it is not profitable to perform gospel music in Ghana.
In a Starr Chat interview with Bola Ray, Dr. Badu maintained that preaching the gospel in Nigeria is more profitable than in Ghana.
He believes that this is one of the main causes of the lack of gospel music by most secular artists.
“It is not their fault not to do gospel music, there is no money in gospel music. They don’t get anything, they are not treated well.
“They just give them anything. There should be an avenue where if you are a gospel artist and if you go to Airport Shell you can pick anything you want for free. If you go to the Airport and you can jump on Delta, you can pick it for free. You can go to the studio to record a song and the engineer will say hey you are a gospel artist it’s for free,” he said.
According to Sonnie Badu, every musician and instrumentalist that performs with him gets paid.
“So this work of God there is logistics for free but logistically there is a price to pay. I pay every musician on my show, everybody has an invoice. Every instrumentalist will be compensated.
“If you don’t have the balls you can’t do it, you can’t, don’t try it. And if you want to do me a favor in return for a favor I understand it. But nothing is for free in this world.”
He stressed that perseverance is key for aspiring gospel musicians and that hard work and determination are necessary for success in the industry.
Much to the surprise of most Ghanaians, Sonnie Badu performed without crutches during his Rhythmz Concert at the Grand Arena in Accra on Saturday, 9th December, 2023.
After suffering a domestic accident, Sonnie Badu had previously uploaded a video of himself in the hospital having surgery on his leg.
However, Sonnie Badu did not use crutches or limp during his performance on stage. This led some to question whether he staged the Who incident to win over the public to his concert.
