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Nigerian American Promoters To Boycott Nigerian Overpaid Artistes by jiggaz(m): 1:54pm On Mar 20, 2015
Saw dis on the NetNg


There’s a campaign going viral online now and it
doesn’t look good for Nigerian musicians. The
campaign tagged #WeNoBeMumuForArtists is a
protest by the association of Nigerian Music
Promoters in the United States of America who
all came together to form a body to fight against
what they tag as over-priced Nigerian acts.
For them, the music acts offer little or nothing in
return for their exorbitant fees they charge and
according to reports, in the last 2 years, A-list
fees for several acts have gone from $5,000 to
over $40,000 and with little or no sponsorship,
these promoters find themselves constantly
running at a loss. For this reason, they’ve
decided to take a stand and boycott any Nigerian
artist who quotes an exorbitant fee.
The official statement issued by the group
reads…
‘Over the years, it’s been enthusiastic priority for
Nigerian promoters based in the USA and in the
“Diaspora” generally to improve, expand and
promote Nigerian (African) music to the best of
our ability and we have worked very hard over
the years. From mixing to producing to waiting
outside radio station’ studios for countless hours
BECAUSE WE WANTED TO ENTERTAIN FANS OF
THE MUSIC as well as get our wonderful music
(AFROBEAT) noticed and enjoyed by the world.
‘We are based in the USA where it’s a third of
the price to book a local talent (and by local we
also mean internationally known, mainstream
artists) than it is the prices being pitched to us
by Artists’ Managers and publicists and ex high
school buddies and side chicks and present
girlfriends and “Outlaws” aka wannabe promoters
who throw “good” money at these artists and get
them to commit to events that they (AND BY
THEY WE MEAN THE ARTIST AND THE
WANNABE BOTH) have no idea about.
‘We would also ask and prefer that our artists
concentrate more on improving their acts or
performances for their fans cause that’s really
what this is all about. We didn’t become
professionals and promote Afrobeat and put
together great international events to get these
artists to where they are only to be bamboozled
by a wannabe or a greedy manager or an artist
who just looks at us (and the fact that we live
abroad) as mugus!’
© NET Newspapers

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