Nigerian Afrobeats singer Daniel Benson, better known as BNXN, has shared his thoughts on the financial gap between professional basketball players in the NBA and Nigerian music stars.
Speaking during a recent livestream, the singer revealed that his friendships with several NBA players have given him a closer look at the level of wealth enjoyed by top athletes in the United States.
According to BNXN, the earnings of elite NBA players are on a completely different scale compared to those of Nigerian musicians, despite the global success of Afrobeats.
“I am friends with a few NBA players. These guys have so much money. Nigerian artists don’t even have as much money as they do. NBA players are insanely rich. A player of Jaylen Brown’s calibre has so much money. Afrobeats are not close to athletes in terms of earnings,” he said.
