Popular singer Chris Brown was paid at least $1m (about N156m) to travel down to Lagos with a 15 man crew last week, NET investigations have revealed.

The Grammy-winning singer
stopped over in South Africa, for
concerts in Cape Town and
Jo’burg, before heading down to
Lagos for the show.

The Lagos event, built into
Brown’s on-going world tour,
was organised by Kilimanjaro Events – same company that promoted Rick
Ross and Anita Baker in the past. Financial details were not made
public, but we found that Oando boss Wale Tinubu was a major financier, as well as Etisalat, which provided last minute
sponsorship. Brown was to make a brief
appearance at the Oando end-of- year gig, but we’re told that did
not happen.

It was Brown’s second time in
Nigeria, the first being for a THISDAY Music Festival performance a few years ago. Sources told us the fees ‘could
have been more’ if he was
required to perform with a live
band or if he had to do multiple
venues or cities. Although he performed with a DJ
and backing track, with two
back-up singers and four
dancers, he gave a good account
of himself, treating fans to almost
two hours of a well-planned set that left guests asking for more. Chris Brown’s tour will continue
early next year with a scheduled
performance in Cote D’Ivoire.

Source-thenetng