Spanish Rapper Morad Claims Earnings Surpass Top Soccer Players in Rare TV Interview

Morad, one of the most listened to young artists in Spain, gave his first television interview to Jordi Evole, in the "Lo de Évole" show which was starting its third season on Sunday. The rapper of Moroccan origin lifted the veil on his beginnings in music and how he managed to live from his art. "On my first tour, I didn’t earn a thousand euros, because I took nine friends with me. I spent everything on them...," he said at the start of the show.

The young artist then specified that he has "made a lot of money" thanks to the downloads of his songs on platforms like Spotify or YouTube. "I don’t know the exact figure, but it’s true that I’ve made a lot of money, more than a first division footballer in a year. I can earn a million euros a year," he stressed.

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Morad also told Jordi Evole that he had had difficulties in opening a bank account at the beginning of his career. "Before, I didn’t even have a bank account, I had never contributed in my life. When I wanted to open an account, the banks didn’t accept... I said I was making money with music and they told me: ’Get out of here’. I went to all the agencies in the neighborhood, without success. Finally, my mother had to negotiate with a bank in Sant Feliu, just three steps from here," the rapper recounted.

Furthermore, Morad denounced the racism that still exists in Spain today and that he suffers from every day. "I can’t take the metro. If I sit down, my neighbor moves," lamented the artist, adding that he was even arrested in the street because he was suspected of wanting to rob passers-by.