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Mejja forced to cancel performance in Australia after voice loss

1Aug

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Mejja forced to cancel performance in Australia after voice loss

Musician Mejja was forced to cancel a performance in the Australian City of Sydney after he lost his voice from a previous performance. In a post he shared through his Instagram page, Mejja who was visibly struggling to speak said he lost his voice after performances in other cities. “Australia Sydney I want to apologize, I lost my voice and even after taking medication the voice did not come back and I was torn between cancelling the show or to withstand the pain which would have been a struggle,” his post read in part To all other cities I visited Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide shukran for the energy,” Mejja wrote. Fans praised the Tabia za Wakenya hit maker saying he delivered a splendid performance as they wished him a speedy recovery.

TikTok To Launch Ad Revenue-Sharing Program For Creators

5May

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TikTok To Launch Ad Revenue-Sharing Program For Creators

TikTok on Wednesday announced an ad revenue-sharing program with the social media platform's most prominent creators, moving closer to a model already used by its competitors. The short-video format app has become wildly popular in recent years with more than a billion active users globally, but has been criticized for not providing a way for creators to effectively monetize content. Under the new TikTok Pulse program, companies can place their ads next to user content in specific categories, including health, fashion, cooking, gaming and others -- and creators will get a cut. "We will begin exploring our first advertising revenue share program with creators, public figures and media publishers," the company, a subsidiary of Chinese tech firm ByteDance, said in a statement. ...

Rapper Darassa expresses his challenges in the Industry Claims He Made No Money With Hit Song ‘Muziki’ Despite 20M Youtube Views

2Mar

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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...

11Mar

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Business

Spotify Finally in Africa.

Spotify has made its debut to the wider Africa Market despite staying away from the continent over a decade and being being accessible only through VPN. The Africa market is important and will give independent upcoming Africa artist a bigger platform which expose Spotify to a 1 billion user market. Managing director of middle East and Africa,Claudis Boller insisted that Spotify was committed to taking the slow approach when it comes to rolling out in newmarkets . It was no surprise that after a decade of careful deliberations,Spotify has finally made a move to launch in 2021 to the rest of the continent. African Spotify markets such as Mali,Botswana,Nigeria,Kenya among 37 countries to joi the Spotify family. Among Spotify biggest music stars are Burna Boy,Davido,Wizkid and ...