Why Upcoming Artists Need To Avoid King Kaka And Other Established Artists Like A Plague
When
Khaligraph Jones needed sales for his debut album, he went out of his way to
appear like he wanted to help an artist from one of the most remote counties in
Kenya, Bomet County, to find her footing in the mess that is the Kenyan music
industry.
The
artist, Msupa S, helped Khaligraph Jones to release his most famous project to
date. The song was uploaded on Khaligraph’s YouTube channel and he held every
right to it. Msupa S was not even allowed to perform that song anywhere and
when she breached the contract by performing it on Citizen’s 10/10, Khaligraph
kicked her out of her label.
Msupa
S is now back at where she was in the beginning, in Bomet performing in church
and wedding functions.
When Amani G found herself in an overnight fame situation, Pine Creek Records pounced
on her with a record deal. She was used to save Vivian’s shaky career. Pine
Creek has since followed up with another release which hasn’t been promoted as
much as the collabo song with Vivian was.
Ethic
has eluded most of these labels at all costs and one of the men who were trying
to benefit from their success tried to no avail to malign the group’s name on
social media after they refused to be stolen from. They released a song with
the Kansoul and as it turns out, the Kansoul was only using them to promote
their next song which performed dismally despite the Ethic Effect.
King
Kaka, and his management label Kaka Empire, has also not been left out in this
extortion racket that calls itself the Kenya’s music industry. He signs new
artists and hooks them up with the numerous radio stations he has connections
with but when you look at the contracts, the interviews and mentions the
upcoming artists are given are only decoy and King Kaka’s main intentions are
to milk them dry.
You
will notice that an artist as talented as Bridget Blue is uploading her music
to Kaka Empire’s YouTube channel. If King Kaka’s intentions were nurturing
talent as he claims in his fake inspiration tirades on social media and during
interviews, he would encourage the artist to upload her songs to her own
channel and build her audience.
As
an upcoming artist, it is vital that you avoid these extortionists at all
costs. Music, like any other business, requires capital to start off and you
should put this into consideration. Pay a producer for your song or even start
off Instagram. The favors that the “fathers of the industry” offer you come at
a hefty price.
Perhaps
the most resilient story of them all is that of Otile Brown. When Dr. Eddie
tried to extort him by claiming exclusive rights to all his songs just because
he housed him when he moved base from Mombasa to Nairobi, Otile Brown
retaliated by counter suing him saying that their contract included his housing
and clothing needs. Dr. Eddie when as far as pulling down Otile’s most famous
song from YouTube at the time. He has since returned the song to YouTube to
profit from it.
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