The heated debate between the presenters and artists has taken a new twist after artists blamed presenters for killing their careers.
Coastal based singer and songwriter Masauti claims he almost quit his music career because of a radio presenter
During an interview with a local station, Masauti revealed that lack of support almost ended his career .
“When I started music, there reached a time I really wanted to quit because I felt I was doing good music but there was no support I was receiving,” he said.
As a Coast-based artiste, he also happened to have a bad perception about radio presenters.
“In 2014, a popular radio presenter in Mombasa also almost made me quit. He called me to perform in his show with a new number but expected me to know it was him. As I tried to inquire who was calling me, the producer abused me with even my mother,” he said.
Because Masauti felt he still needed the presenter, he went back and apologised to the presenter, although he knew he was wrong.
“I wanted to completely quit. I even posted on social media that I was quitting music, but luckily, some presenters called to inquire why, and I told them and they started playing my music on the radio,” he said.
Masauti has been in the industry for 10 years now. He was introduced to music by his friends before they all stopped singing. He is currently promoting his new song ‘Kiboko’.