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Why I Keep My Wealth Off Social Media—Qing Madi

<h4>Why I Keep My Wealth Off Social Media&&num;8212&semi;Qing Madi<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that rising Afrobeats sensation Qing Madi is taking a different path from many of her peers by keeping her financial life largely private&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking on the Tea with Tay podcast&comma; she explained that for her&comma; success isn’t measured by luxury but by the quality of her music and personal growth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I prefer to keep that aspect of my life private&comma;” Qing Madi said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t want to be defined by money&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This choice&comma; she revealed&comma; allows her the freedom to take creative risks without feeling pressured by trends or audience expectations&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sometimes I might fall victim to consumerism&comma; because I’m like&comma; oh&comma; at the end of the day&comma; they like this one&comma; so it’s fine&period; But it doesn’t mean that I’m going to reduce the quality of what I make to fit what people desire&comma;” she added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The singer also highlighted the staggering financial realities of the Nigerian music industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A single performance fee&comma; she noted&comma; can far exceed what most Nigerians earn in years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;When I look at the average Nigerian&comma; and you see a person with a nine-to-five… maybe a 500&comma;000 salary&period; And you&comma; as an artist&comma; go for a show and let’s just say you get like 20 million for that one show&period; And it’s like&comma; whoa&comma;” she said&comma; likening it to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;drug money&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Beyond finances&comma; Qing Madi emphasized music’s emotional power&comma; describing it as a form of therapy in a country where access to mental health support is limited&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I believe the reason Nigeria loves music so much is that we don’t have therapists&period; It’s an escape because Nigerians are the most out-of-town people&period; Even if we’re sad or depressed&comma; we don’t take a break&period; We just have to get work done&period; So when they finally hear someone else repeating their story to them&comma; it’s like&comma; oh&comma; okay&comma;” she explained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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