As a media house owner-KRG opines on artists being paid for interviews

Kenyan dancehall artist and digital content creator KRG the Don in a recent interview with Mpasho opined on the whole drama of artists demanding to be paid for interviews.

KRG who goes by Bughaa as well, noted as someone who has his foot on both words he genuinely thinks there is always a work around these things which can still see people remain as friends and help each other out in the end.

“I don’t want to take sides because one I am an artist and this is a marriage, I need the media in as much as they need me. And also, I am a media house owner… I have shares in several media houses hapa kule, chini ya maji tu.

So all I can say is if as an artist right now I’m trending and I charge you, next time I might not be the hottest news but I have a song or something and I want you to push it for me when I come talk to you, you see now that we are not friends things will be tricky. It’s better and easier, if we become friends. That is the relationship between artists and media, we pick each other up.

But if you really in a tight spot you can just say, ‘hey I really want to come through but I’m broke right now. Si you send me transport to and fro nikuje tupige kipindi,’ and that is how relationships are forged,” opined the dancehall artist.

Touching on his recently resolved beef with gospel artist Stevo Simpleboy, KRG noted he had decided to extend an olive branch and make nice with Stevo after coming to understand the predicament that the artist was in. As well as realizing it was never him updating things on social media all along.