Ogopa left with one artist
Ogopa Butterfly Entertainment owner Kyababa has confirmed that musicians Jaleel and LMPC are no longer under his label and says the artists left in good faith as there is no bad blood.
He further said he will continue with the artist Oteya who is still with the label since the early 2000's. Kyababa said being a record label owner is just the same as any other business which either works out or not. “In any other business sector, if the business does not go your way one has to move on and that is what happened here,” he said.
Kyababa further criticised the local media for failing to fulfil their duties when writing stories. “The duty of a journalist is to inform, educate and entertain, however the local media is lacking on the educating point. A music label is a business and if people don't understand what they are getting, you make a fool of yourselves, know the difference between a music label and the artist manager before publishing any work,” he said. According to Kyababa, the mandate of Ogopa Butterfly in Namibia is to invest in artists by recording their albums and releasing them to the public. It is then up to the manager to sell the artist to the public.
The two artists' manager, Jean Emmery Ngabo-Shingiro said they would not have been where they are without the help of Ogopa and are truly grateful for what the label did for them. He also said that the two artists haven't done many gigs as one can easily become irrelevant once overexposed. “We saw an opportunity to move to greener pastures and that is what we did. Jaleel and LMPC will be bigger and greater this year,” said Ngabo-Shingiro.
June Shimuoshili
He further said he will continue with the artist Oteya who is still with the label since the early 2000's. Kyababa said being a record label owner is just the same as any other business which either works out or not. “In any other business sector, if the business does not go your way one has to move on and that is what happened here,” he said.
Kyababa further criticised the local media for failing to fulfil their duties when writing stories. “The duty of a journalist is to inform, educate and entertain, however the local media is lacking on the educating point. A music label is a business and if people don't understand what they are getting, you make a fool of yourselves, know the difference between a music label and the artist manager before publishing any work,” he said. According to Kyababa, the mandate of Ogopa Butterfly in Namibia is to invest in artists by recording their albums and releasing them to the public. It is then up to the manager to sell the artist to the public.
The two artists' manager, Jean Emmery Ngabo-Shingiro said they would not have been where they are without the help of Ogopa and are truly grateful for what the label did for them. He also said that the two artists haven't done many gigs as one can easily become irrelevant once overexposed. “We saw an opportunity to move to greener pastures and that is what we did. Jaleel and LMPC will be bigger and greater this year,” said Ngabo-Shingiro.
June Shimuoshili
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