Benjamin Nyandoro says he quit being the manager of Soul Jah Love after the chanter insulted him and squabbles over money tore them apart...
Benjamin Nyandoro says he quit being the manager of Soul
Jah Love after the chanter insulted him and squabbles over money tore them
apart.
Nyandoro said he raised over $100 000 for Soul Jah Love in
the slightly over five months he was with him and that he is still owed a
substantial amount in management fees by the chanter.
Nyandoro told The Sunday Mail that their problems started
with the contract they signed.“When I joined Soul Jah Love, he insisted on a
contract. I commend him for that because it made him the first artiste to
actually feel obligated to pay me for my work. Everyone else I had worked with
before preferred that I do charity for them.
“However, I do not think Soul Jah Love expected me to make
him that much money and that he would have to pay me 10 percent of it. I made
him over US$100 000. So he owes me a substantial amount and that might have
scared him, especially if he was not saving the money or investing it
elsewhere,” said Nyandoro.
He said the
situation hit crisis point when the new album launch flopped. Chibaba accused
Nyandoro of stealing his money.
“Unfortunately, October 21, 2017 was a test for both of us
and we failed. I felt the allegations were an insult and decided to withdraw my
services. Contrary to the word out there, I was not fired, I withdrew my
services.
“Which brings us to the poor and irresponsible decision
made by Soul Jah Love to accept a gig in South Africa on Friday 20th (October)
and have an album launch the following day in Zimbabwe. I strongly advised
against the decision, which came with huge consequences.
“The South Africa gig was a huge flop that then affected
their timeous return for the album launch. His trusted lieutenants, those
assigned to revenue collection, who were also the key people in planning, only
arrived back in the country on the day of the launch at 10pm. Jah Love himself
arrived at the venue for the first time at 2am, just before going on stage.
“We had no systems in place. That made us porous. We lost
money through weak checkpoints as we had to engage the services of strangers on
the same night. Soul Jah Love knew what we were getting into and I forewarned
him of the likely consequences. Unfortunately the show had to go on
regardless.”
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