Chef 187 Withdraws From The Stanbic Music Festival 2024

Multi Award Winning Zambian artist – Chef 187 has withdrawn from this years Stanbic Music Festival. It is believed that the rapper Chef 187 was told to only peform for only 10 minutes and wait to do a soundcheck from 12PM to 10PM. This act of unproffesionalism tempted the rapper to withdraw his performance. Other rumors claim that the rapper was offered a very small amount to perform while the international act was given a huge sum of an amount.ย  This is what Chef 187 said on his social handle; It is with deep regret that we announce Chef 187โ€™s withdrawal from this yearโ€™s Stanbic Music Festival. This decision has not been made lightly but is a necessary response to the events that transpired earlier today. We extend our deepest apologies to all fans and supporters who were looking forward to Chef 187โ€™s performance. We hope to engage with you soon under more favourable conditions. Thank you for understanding.

Chef 187 Wirthdraws From The Stanbic Music Festival 2024. Facebook Post

Most artists and music fans seem to have supported Chef 187’s decision. Artists like Yo Maps & Towela Kaira came out publicly supporting his decision. Yo Maps wrote; I stand firmly with my brother, Chef 187, on his decision to withdraw from the Stanbic Music Festival. As artists, we pour our heart and soul into our craft, and itโ€™s essential that we are treated with the respect we deserve by promoters and organizers. Unfortunately, the lack of professionalism and respect shown by the promoters of this event has made it impossible for Chef 187 to participate, and I fully support his stance. Zambian artists have continuously elevated the music scene, not just locally but globally. We deserve to be treated with the same dignity and fairness as any international act. I urge the event organizers to reflect on this and ensure that future engagements honor the hard work and contributions of Zambian talent. Letโ€™s stand together to demand the respect and professionalism that will grow our industry. You cannot wait to do sound check from 12 to 10 pm and only be given 10 minutesโ€ฆโ€ฆ..

Yo Maps Stanbic Music Festival 2024

Award winning Model and CEO Arm Models – Ms Alice Rowlands Musukwa also had something to say about Chef 187 Wirthdrawl From The Stanbic Music Festival 2024. She wrote; If itโ€™s true that Zambian artists were meant to be underpaid while paying ba Oma a lot of money itโ€™s high time all Zambian artists used their value to distance themselves from such disrespect to their talent and efforts than use their stomachs to Accept such disrespect from people who canโ€™t even pull a Show without any local artists.
If Ba Oma is getting paid 1million kwacha meanwhile even Yo maps Video he short na iPhone Camera ku public beach and revamping his popularity mu Zambia by using yo maps then our artists are as important, truth be told Oma is like ba MC Wabwino kuno you have to go to YouTube to remember one of his songs reason they used yo maps because he is a trending musician in Zambia to promote the show.
Ba Oma can Work for the Value of 1million alone,
clearly they think they are doing Zambian artists a favor.
If Oma is getting 1million they should give our artists at least half of that otherwise let me Jump on stage and sing alongside Ba Oma.
They Need to start respecting and value u local talents, The show canโ€™t run without our Local musicians, truth be told majority donโ€™t come out because of washed out foreign artists but because of our local artists that strive to keep the industry burning.
And our ZambianChef 187 deserve the Same VIP, The Same Tolerance, the Same Respect you give foreigners. They are our celebrities and they need to feel as important, if you canโ€™t treat them with Respect and VIP then please donโ€™t involve them to disrespect in front of people that adore them unless they donโ€™t behave accordingly just terminate their contracts respectfully
Hands up Chef 187 you know your value

We (I Love Zed Music) do hope the organizers and Chef 187’s management come to an agreement to make this work out.

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