Nigerian artist born David Adeleke better known by his stage name “Davido” has vented out his anger on a show promoter who refused to pay him. According to Davido, he was supposed to perform at a show in Italy, he couldn't fly his jet because he couldn't get landing time, so he picked up a short-short plane to reach the destination. After reaching the destination, he waited for several hours and still didn't receive payment either cash or wire.
He added that on a regular he wouldn't perform, but for how people bought over 7k tickets to come to watch him perform he is going to perform even if he doesn't get paid. Taking to his Instagram story he wrote;
We overwork our bodies, sweat, blood, and tears daily to keep up and deliver these shows for our fans, only for people to take our craft and hard work for granted. I fly private 90 percent of the time.” he wrote.
“But [for], logistic issues, we couldn’t get a landing permit on time. So I even decided to take almost three connecting flights to get here. We get here and the promoter did not keep up with his part of the agreement.
“He sold thousands of tickets but doesn’t want to pay me. Normally, it’s no balance, no show. I’ve been ready at the hotel for the past 4 hours waiting, still nothing. I know how many people used their last to see me.
“Because of that, I will do the show. How do yous sell 7k tickets, yet you don’t have my balance, you fraud?”
Davido is one of the biggest artists in the Nigerian music industry, he has quite a wonderful legacy from bagging a BET award to selling put multiple arenas including the recent o2 arena show. He has also featured other top-class artists including Chris Brown and Nicki Minaj.
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