AK Songstress
MANAGER FOR dancehall artiste AK Songstress, Duke Banson, has opened up about how a radio presenter took $20,000 from him to promote his artiste but failed to do the work after taking the money.
Mr Banson, who is also the CEO of Paradise Entertainment, has managed AK Songstress for the past seven years and has tried everything possible to promote the brand of the artiste on the global market.
“I gave someone who claimed he could push AK out there. I gave him a whopping $20,000 dollars, and he couldn’t do anything. He is the worst of all. Nothing happened. He told me stories,” he said adding “This is the reason why we decided to promote the song from Nigeria. The song got the attention of Nigeria and 15 other countries. When it was accepted in the 5th country, that’s when Ghanaians heard AK’s song. By then, ‘Jonathan’ was huge, so no one could block it. I have a motto, I always say, you can’t stop a moving train.”
In an interview with Onua FM’s Christian Agyei Frimpong on the Anigye Mmere show, Banson said he has always considered DJs and bloggers as partners in the music business but some of them are short-sighted adding “They will take the money and they won’t promote the song.”
He further revealed that he only spent 25 per cent of the money he used in Ghana in Nigeria, and the song ‘Jonathan’ is currently among the hit songs in Nigeria.
“They will say anything just to take your money. I spent a quarter of what I had spent in Ghana for promotion in Nigeria, and the song is everywhere.”
AK Songstress, over the years, has done great songs and is keen on pushing her brand. However, she’s not seen much improvement until recently when she started getting promotion in Nigeria.
“Right now, I’ve a sick (good) promoter in Nigeria. I mean to say I have good promoters there and because they delivered, I am going to work with them,” Mr Banson revealed.
AK Songstress’ latest banger, Jonathan, is doing well in Africa and the Caribbeans.
–3news.com