{"id":8458,"date":"2021-10-26T01:35:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T01:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/i-got-paid-seven-figures-gwamba"},"modified":"2021-10-27T01:50:49","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T01:50:49","slug":"i-got-paid-seven-figures-gwamba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/malawi\/all-news\/i-got-paid-seven-figures-gwamba","title":{"rendered":"I got paid seven figures \u2013 Gwamba"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>Major 1 Records head-honcho, Gwamba, has revealed that he received a seven figure booking fee to perform at the Malawi\u2019s Lilongwe Music Festival (LIFEST).<\/p>\n

Gwamba\u2019s assertion follows complaints by Martse who accused LIFEST of disrespect and George Kalulusha\u2019s response to brush off complaints\u2019 lodged by the Mwano and Mkwatimo hitmaker. Kalukusha tweeted that Malawian artists should be more concerned with the size of the cheque rather than fonts of their names on a poster.<\/p>\n

In what many considered as a subtle response to both Martse and Kalulusha\u2019s TWAR, Gwamba said he was issued a fatty cheque to brush his shoulders with Joeboy, Chris Martin and Shekhinah, headliners of the 2-day music festival than runs from Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really never wanted to say this but I felt so disrespected when I saw this poster\u2026. But I will give you your show\u2026\u201d, tweeted Martse, arguably one of the Malawi music gladiators.<\/p>\n

I really never wanted to say this but I felt so disrespected when I saw this poster\u2026. But I will give you your show\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/E3Em0xVLbv \u2014 VIOLENCE O’CLOCK (@martseMW) October 25, 2021<\/p>\n

People inferred that Martse was disappointed with the size of the font of his name which is further down the headliners, on the third row \u2013 below artists like Gwamba, Suffix, Eli Njuchi, Sangie, Kim of Diamond, Malinga Mafia, Don Tarz, Kell Kay, Faith Mussa, Tay Grin and Namadingo.<\/p>\n

But Martse insisted on a later tweet that he was not concerned with the font size. He is yet to reveal why he feels disrespected by the Lilongwe Music Festival Organisers.<\/p>\n

However, Kalukusha, in an apparent dig at Martse, urged local artists to be more concerned with the \u201csize of the cheques\u201d that show organisers pay. \u201cWorry about the size of the cheques not the size of the fonts. What a sub par industry smh\u201d tweeted Kalukusha.<\/p>\n

Worry about the size of the cheques not the size of the fonts. What a sub par industry smh. \u2014 George Kalukusha (@GeorgeKalukusha) October 25, 2021 Kalukusha is a line above Martse on the poster.<\/p>\n

Malawi24 understands that Martse clapped back at Kalukusha privately with a call full of unpublishable expretives. Ironically, Gwamba who is on the fourth\u2019 pew below Faith Mussa but at par with Sangie, Eli Njuchi and Suffix said he smiled all the way to the bank with a six figure cheque.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m getting paid 7 figures to perform at that show. I got my 50% and I signed a contract. I will go the show and give it my best, get my balance and go home. Plus, it\u2019s for a great cause. That\u2019s what matters to me\u201d tweeted Gwamba who is signed to Prophet Shepherd Bushiri\u2019s Major 1 Records.<\/p>\n

Ndipo in other news, I\u2019m getting paid 7 figures to perform at that show. I got my 50% and I signed a contract. I will go the show and give it my best, get my balance and go home. Plus, it\u2019s for a great cause. That\u2019s what matters to me. See you at the show ???? Let\u2019s have fun ??<\/p>\n

\u2014 Gwamba (@GwambaOfficial) October 25, 2021<\/p>\n

While Gwamba did not mention Lifest as the show that paid him an amount ranging between K1 million and a one tambala short of ten million (K9,999,999.99), LifEST indicated on its poster that the festival also aims to help fight against gender based violence and raise mental health awareness.<\/p>\n

Gwamba, who had previously beefed with Martse, is two rows above Martse and commands a relatively bigger font than the Adidas hitmaker. Meanwhile, other tweeps claimed that some artists are in money laundering business to concern themselves with font size of their names on a poster. However, the person who made the allegations did not specify whether such artists appear on the Lifest lineup.<\/p>\n

\u201cMadolo akumenya Money Laundering nde mapaka aziganiza za font?\u201d, tweeted Khonfucius. Madolo akumenya Money Laundering nde mapaka aziganiza za font? \u2014 Khospel (@Khonfucius) October 25, 2021<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Malawi. Major 1 Records head-honcho, Gwamba, has revealed that he received a seven figure booking fee to perform at the Malawi\u2019s Lilongwe Music Festival (LIFEST). Gwamba\u2019s assertion follows complaints by Martse who accused LIFEST of disrespect and George Kalulusha\u2019s response to brush off complaints\u2019 lodged by the Mwano and Mkwatimo hitmaker. 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