As we’re all making the most these days under quarantine, celebrities have been fering up free home concerts to help pass the time. and his wife Chrissy Teigen hosted an Instagram Concert from their living room, as did , Keith Urban, and DJ D-Nice. Music icon wanted to give back to her adoring fans, so she fered up an online concert for $1.
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On Monday (March 23), Erykah streamed her inexpensive live show on her BaduWorld Market website. “I got a house full masked engineers, musicians, techs, who are all out work… .” the singer said, according to Page Six. “I called them earlier and told them today, y’all still on the payroll even though y’all not here,” she said.
Not only did Erykah bless fans with all their favorites hits from the award-winning singer, she took time out to educate her viewers on how things work behind the scenes for musicians. “How the music industry] works is, the artists get about 8 to 20 percent record sales], but it’s not paid until the record label recoups the money they loaned to you in the form an advance.”
“It’s really not designed for us to become wealthy,” she explained. “That’s why we rely on our live shows. We’re not rich people. We just play rich people on TV. This is how we make our living and some us only have one form income and that’s shows. I wanted to create another revenue income and you’re helping me do that in a big way.” Check out a few clips below