Nigerian rapper Reminisce has stated that money now outweighs good music when defining a hit song. Speaking on the ‘I Said What I Said’ podcast, he noted that most hit songs today rely more on large budgets than on musical quality.

He said, “The game has now changed to another phase, the phase where you now have to spend money to get hits.

“Money now produces hits not music anymore. That’s the phase we are in now. Whatever song you see [popping]go ask what the marketing budget was. That’s what determines how big a song is. It’s no longer just music anymore.”