While it is no longer news, that Star Boy, Ayo
'Wizkid' Balogun, will not be headlining this
year's edition of the annual Nigerian Breweries
PLC sponsored musical concert roadshow, Star
Trek, the main reason why the artiste was
dropped has been revealed.
Inside sources privy to how the recruitment
and negotiation of fee for artistes for the
concert are conducted said that the inability
of the organisers 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 highflying artiste. The original aim of
turning the offer down according to our
source, "was to force the organisers 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 organisers 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been replaced by two other artistes and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.
