Why Iyanya shunned Star Trek
It was
shocking and unbelievable to music fans when of their favourite music star
Iyanya was missing from the annual Star Trek music concert powered by Nigerian
Brewery.
Veeters investigations revealed that
differences over amount to be paid to the star, was the main reason for his
absence from the biggest music concert in Nigeria.
Organizers
of the concert, which spans several cities offered to pay the “Kukere” crooner
the sum of N1.3M for performances in three cities but the management of the
singer declined the offer, negotiating for a N2M per show price tag to the
organizers
Sources
close to the Ubi Franklin, the manager of Iyanya revealed that the organizers
refused to increase their offer as they were already paying a sum lower than
that to another artiste Tuface who they hold in higher esteem. “Nigerian
Brewery sees Tuface as the main man in the Nigerian music industry, he is their
number one man, and they will never pay anyone higher than him” the source
revealed.
Iyanya who
is presently one of the most sought after musician in the industry, chose to
ignore the deal because he felt the price was not good enough for him. The Cross River State born singer is currently
in a money web as his music is paying on all front.
Veeters investigations have revealed that
the artiste collects the whooping sum of N15M every three months from caller
tunes royalties. Just recently CUSON gave the singer a cheque of N900, 000 from
royalties from his hit singles. His performance fee also ranges from N2.5 to
N3M per performance.
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