Kenyans who paid their hard-earned money to attend the NRG Wave Festival at Mombasa Sports Club had all the reasons to be angry as Harmonize did not perform as expected on Sunday.
Harmonize was one of the big acts NRG hyped alongside Burna Boy who graced the stage in the wee hours of Monday morning that made Kenyans angry.
The afro-fusion bigwig turned a much-hyped NRG Wave festival into a damp squib after he only showed up hours after midnight without any enthusiasm to take the stage, only doing a few of his songs before abruptly taking off.
According to his manager, Jembe ni Jembe, the organizers (NRG) failed to pay Harmonize the remaining balance as agreed earlier. He cited that the organizers were collecting money from the gate so as to pay them the remaining amount. NRG had anticipated paying Harmonize from the gate collection money but it seems they didn’t make enough money to get Konde Boy out of his hotel room.
Talked to Harmonize camp, before y'all start bashing him just so you know the chap wasn't paid his chums. He was at the hotel waiting for NRG to do their thing but wapi!!
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The standoff between NRG and the adamant Harmonize caused confusion with the audience suffering the most as they did not get to see him live. This is not considering the fact that they were still to get an okay performance from the African Giant.
This, however, is not the first time Harmonize has had a standoff with the event organizers over money. In 2018, the artist failed to show up on stage at the Chaget festival as the organizers did not pay him the full amount. This was in breach with the signed MoU which stated that he would be paid in full on the day of performing.
Netizens took to the streets of Twitter to air their frustrations:
Why are people blaming Burna Boy? Si you blame harmonize as well for not performing smh!
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Harmonize you did not perform and you do not even make unique songs . Have you heard Kenyan gengetone . No country in the whole globe has that kind of guts and you come to our country proudly
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#NRGWave haha tuliletewa Yes Bana instead ya yes Burna. The truth is no one enjoyed only the phones cameras enjoyed. Heri wangelipa tu Harmonize aimbe ngoma tunajua.
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wondering if our Kenyan artiste are trending outchea. Kenyans will forever remain peasants as Burna Boy stated if we don't give hand and support our local @GengetoneKE .Some poor souls like harmonize will continue intimidating us. Let's rise up and support our local talent!!
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's other TweetsNRG walituchocha na Ticket sold out from 23rd kumbe they cannot pay Harmonize.
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Kenyan promoters fail to call Kenyan artists for performances, look at what Harmonize did now. But all along, I've always thought #NRG was shit. Serves em right
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But wait Burna Boy is even better aliperform...kuna ii ngombe ingne inajiita Harmonizeanajiona mtamu sana kutoka aform Konde Gang...siku izi ati ata hawezi perform ...mwambieni tulikuwa na yeye juzi apa akiimba Matatizo
#NRGWave #NRGWaveFestival
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If you attended @wizkidayo show was it early this year or late last year(can't even recall),the crap we saw is sufficient enough to make you aware that shitty NRG cannot pay for special performances by international acts @burnaboy @harmonize_tz
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