Rapper Darassa expresses his challenges in the Industry Claims He Made No Money With Hit Song ‘Muziki’ Despite 20M Youtube Views
Darrassa, a Tanzanian rapper, and fellow Tanzanian singer Ben Pol released the hit song 'Muziki' on November 23, 2016, which has received some 20,083,261 views on YouTube so far. However, the rapper now claims that he has not made any money from the song.
In an interview with Jalang'o TV on Tuesday, Darrassa stated that he has received no money from the ringback tones or any streaming platform in East Africa.
“Wimbo kama muziki, selling yake, unajua sijawai kukutana na any profit ya hizi ringtone back…na dalali wangu hajawai kunipatia ripoti ambazo natakiwa kupewa since 2015 can you imagine that, mpaka leo I have never received any pay,” he said.
The Tanzanian rapper claimed that the contracts he negotiated with the industry's decision-makers at the time were not in his favor...