Pretty funny entertainment news made the round the last
couples of weeks. While I’ve been sipping my lipton tea in
my Kermit state of mind, some of the news have repeatedly
been resonating like a dangling gong in my head. “Davido
revealed the cost of His OBO Necklace”, “Inyanya served
Groundnut and Hennessey to VIPs in his Abuja Album
Launch”, “Basket Mouth Blast Sean Tizzle”, “2face
FORTIFED party” bla bla bla…….


I’m particular concerned with Iyanya. Yes, Iyanya again!!!
I’m not trying to kill his career, as some people outrightly
accused me of the last time i wrote about him. Listen, he’s
my friend. He was once my favourite musician and i think
he’s talented. But some things have to be set straight. Some
truth have to be frankly spoken regardless of who’s been
hit.


Album launch is a serious business. In this country, so
many artists have raked in millions from the launch of their
album even before the first copy of the album is sold. Did
you just said how? Unlike the Americas or Britain, Album
launch in Nigeria is done with a House Warming and
“Naming Ceremony” flavour. While Jay-z and Beyonce will
debut their Albums on Itunne and Billboards, thier Nigerian
conterparts will rather make it an “Owambe affair” where
their fans and well-wishers will come and spray Naira. So
xwhen iyanya announced his Applaudise Album Launch in
Abuja, we all knew the format the Launch was going to
take. Regular’s fees and VIP charges were all structured
out. The Very Important and Rich fellas in the society will
out rightly dough out Four Hundred Thousand Naira Only.
An Amount an average Nigerian Student attending a public
University won’t spend in Five years (I’m even assuming the
student spilled oooo).


Royalty Bequest Royalty. If someone is forking out a VIP
Amount, shouldn’t he be getting a VIP treatment? It’s just
like flagging down a Taxi in Lagos. You sure know it’s
exclusive and expensive. As such, you won’t expect the
Driver to pick more people on the road. It’s just You and
You. It must be just You! It’s an unwritten rule. An unsigned
contract.


So how my “bloda” Iyanya ended up serving his VIP guests
and Fans Groundnut. That’s EPA!!! Calling it groundnut may
even makes it Behind. One of the angry guest was quoted as
saying:


“When I told my wife that I got a table at iyanya’s album
launch, she was ecstatic because the singer is one of her
favorites. It came to us as a rude shock when we were
served groundnuts and Hennessy. I mean we paid
N400,000 just to be given groundnuts?”


And should the Season film should have ended there? Nah!
Here the statement from his management team:


“Go and check iyanya’s promotion for the album, we did
not promise anybody that we would put anything on the
table. If you are sitting on the table, it is premium. iyanya
gave them a proper show for three hours. iyanya and I
were not in charge of what would be put on the table,”


So who should have been in charge of what’s on the guest
table? Who is pocketing the #400,000.00 the guest paid?
Whose brand and name is on the Show IV? Whose name
brought the guest to the event? It’s one thing to be an inept
artist, but to have an inept management just sums it up.
#OkMyRantsAreOver


As always, your views and comments are ever welcomed in
the comment section below.


https://asatmedia./2015/09/30/the-unbridling-case-of-nigeria-entertainment/

That's cool

Hilarious

Iyanya looks like a dwarf

niyogeol:
Hilarious

Punk'D

Shebarh:
Iyanya looks like a dwarf

I think It's safe to say that Iyanya's role model is Tyrion Lanister!

FreshNaijaBoy:


I think It's safe to say that Iyanya's role model is Tyrion Lanister!

Wicked