Stonebwoy has provided his perspective on why he could not perform at the SallahFest held at Abeka on April 11, 2024.
The event was organized by Baba Sadiq Abdulai Abu, a former 3 Music CEO turned politician who represents the National Democratic Congress as a parliamentary candidate for the Okaikoi Central constituency.
During his appearance on Hitz FM today, Stonebwoy explained that he decided not to perform because Sadiq violated their contract.
According to Stonebwoy, he was under the impression that the event would be a charity show and therefore did not require any promotion or fees for performers.
“We disengaged because he went ahead to post the flyers when we were not supposed to be advertised. Internally, we were not supposed to be advertised for this event.
We were not paid. It was not a paid event. Even if it was, we have our modus operandi where we would say okay, these are charity shows that I really wanna do. I have label situations going on where we have different ways. So these are charity shows, basically free shows, so the plan was not to be advertised.
“So why then did I do Nima? Nobody saw any proper advertisement. So they were in contact. By the time they would even finish for me to hear it, Baba Sadiq had gone ahead to post a flyer. He even posted a wrong flyer. I don’t know what his plans were, which is confirmed, we have screenshots,” he intimated.
“He said his manager Chief Abiola communicated everything to the organisers of the SallahFest event until they saw another artiste advertised for the event few days later.
‘We couldn’t engage anymore and a few days later he goes ahead to advertise Shatta Wale. That is his event. It is normal. That is all that there was,” he said.
Baba Sadiq’s version
Sadiq in a previous report shared by Tru News Report revealed why Stonebwoy pulled out of the event in an interview n Joy Prime.
According to Baba Sadiq, before the event, there were numerous phone calls and text exchanges indicating that Stonebwoy was all set to grace the occasion and perform.
However, things took a turn when they discovered that Shatta Wale had also been included in the lineup. This revelation confused, ultimately leading to Stonebwoy’s decision to withdraw from the event.
“In the last few days, I’ve had to speak to him personally and his manager, Chief,” he told the host Kwame Dadzie on Showbiz A-Z.
“We had reached out. Even on the day of the event we had reached out. We even sent a couple of messages and calls, so after it [the show], we thought that maybe at the right time, they would get back on the calls and that in our efforts to reach out to them, they would return the calls,” he added.
He further noted that Stonebwoy’s manager told him a few weeks ago that the ‘Baafira’ hitmaker was not happy with Shatta Wale’s addition to the artiste line-up for the concert.
“I was with Ricky. Ricky is my guy and I think that Chief had reached out to Ricky regarding a few things that he had seen online, and was speaking to him about it and then there was an opportunity to speak about Salah and what they felt about it. For example why after the event there wasn’t any communication regarding Shatta’s outburst.
“I think he makes the point that even on the day, on the night, they would have loved to come but they just were not comfortable with the inclusion of Shatta Wale,” he said.
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