Its now sure, that Star Boy, Ayo ‘Wizkid’ Balogun, will not be
performing at this year’s edition of the annual Nigerian Breweries PLC
sponsored musical concert roadshow,’Star Trek’,the inability of the
organizers and WizKid’s managers to agree on performance fee led to the
musician’s absence from the oldest musical concert in the country.
The source said that WizKid was offered N3 million per show and
allotted four shows which would have seen him pocket a grand sum of N12
million but his managers allegedly turned it down on the grounds that it
was too small for the high flying artiste. The original aim of turning
the offer down according to our source, “was to force the organizers to
increase the amount to N5 million per show.
However, the marketing strategy backfired as Nigerian Breweries’
management called the bluff of the musician and his managers and
replaced him with two other musicians for less the amount offered
WizKid.” It was further revealed that when it dawned on WizKid that the
organizers were not ready to add a dime to the N3 million offered him
per show, he ran back to the Iganmu, the headquarters of the Lagos-based
alcoholic drink brewers, this time, through long time mentor, Banky W.
On getting there, Wizzy was told that he had been replaced by two other
artistes and should try his luck next year.
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