You Could Book 2face For Just N60,000 With Us - Dayo Adeneye Of Kennis Music

In an interview with Premiumtimes, media mogul Dayo Adeneye spoke on the difficult journey and challenges that led to his rise in the media world to the point of signing one of Nigeria’s biggest music star, 2face. Dayo Adeneye also revealed how his first wife left him cos he was broke due to his dedication to his passion.
Excerpt from the interview below.

My father was upset that I returned from America and chose to do music at the time music was regarded as a job fit for dropouts alone. When Kenny Ogungbe and I started working at Raypower and I was paid N17, 000 a month. We were doing what we enjoyed doing and at some point Kenny and I didn’t even know we were being owed 7months. My wife left me and took the kids to America.
We were charging N60, 000 for anyone to book 2face we thought we had arrived. At the time we started, the late Afrobeat legend, Fela was being paid N25, 000 per show; he was the highest paid Nigerian artiste. These days some Nigerian artistes even charge N15m per show.

One day I woke up and realised that my salary is 17,000 a month. The seven years I worked at Ray Power were my happiest moments but I was so broke. I sold all my four cars and was left with 1 car at the end of the day. I even moved from a 3 bedroom to a one bedroom in Ebute Metta. My first wife left me because I was broke. I didn’t even realize that I was broke until my dad came a certain day and said he needed money.
I told him I have not been paid. I told him I was being owed 7 months s