AY AND FA TO HEADLINE FACE-OFF

Bongo Flava's finest stars, AY and Mwana FA, will be jetting in on Friday morning for the Safaricom Face-Off concert on Saturday. According to their country manager, Maleek Buddy, the two artistes will be coming from a series of shows in Tanzania and parts of Europe. They will also be officially launching their new collabo, "Usije Mjini", which is already a big hit in Tanzania, continued Buddy. It is also rumored that Buddy has managed to get Ray C a chance to perform in the Face-Off concert. Ray C is still in the country, Buddy confirmed.

RAY C NOW TURNS HEAT ON CELLULANT

Bongo musician Ray C drama is far from over. She has now redirected her heat to Cellulant, accusing them of selling her ringtones, yet she has never been paid. Ray C's Kenyan manager, Maleek Buddy,is currently holding talks with the management of Cellulant as the drama with Sadat and Maliza Umaskini continues. Buddy has also landed Ray C a deal to perform in next weekend's Safaricom Face Off show at KICC.

SADAT: "RAY C WAS UNDER INFLUENCE'

Promoter-cum-politician Sadat has defended his move to cancel Ray C's Kenyan tour. According to Sadat, he was not happy with the way Ray C conducted herself from the airport to Club Summit in Nakuru. "She was under influence and I actually saved her from embarrassing herself on stage. She was almost taking all her clothes off on stage," said Sadat. He has also denied rumors that he wanted to sleep with Ray C.
"I didn't send her any suggestive messages as she claims. If I had any problem, why did I pay for her boyfriend's air ticket to Nairobi?" he asks. Meanwhile, Sadat has canceled Ray C's and her boyfie's tickets back to Dar, that means they have to pay their own air tickets.

RAY C: "THE PROMOTER WANTED TO SLEEP WITH ME."

Ray C has now revealed that the promoter of her Kenyan tour, Sadat, wanted to sleep with her. Apparently, before she came to Kenya, Sadat flew to Dar on a 'business trip'. "Sadat told me that he was on a business trip but kept on sending me sex-related messages, which I still have on my phone. I was shocked because I didn't expect that from him," she said. Apparently, drama started when Ray C went to meet Sadat accompanied by her boyfriend Lord Eye, something that didn't go down well with the promoter, an aspiring politician from Kitale.
"It became worse when I showed up at the airport with Lord Eye, and Sadat became completely pissed off. Because I refused to sleep with him in Dar, then I come to Kenya with my boyfriend, he started creating excuses to cancel my show," she said. Ray C is yet to be paid $9,000, even after her shows were canceled.

DRAMA AS RAY C'S KENYAN TOUR CANCELLED

Bongo's female star Rehema Chalamila, popularly known as Ray C, is back in Nairobi, as drama ensued between her and her promoters in Nakuru last weekend. Ray C, was meant to do a series of shows in Kenya this month and finally wind up the tour in Southern Sudan's capital, Juba. According to close sources, the Kenyan tour alone was supposed to earn the musician $10,000 (about KSh800,000), and the agreement was that she gets her downpayment upon arrival at Jomo Kenyatta international airport. She was to get the rest before she goes on stage in her first show, which was in Nakuru last Saturday. The promoters, with musician Refigah as their spokesman, did not honor the agreement at the airport but still proceeded for the Nakuru show. Ray C did not complain as she went on stage and wowed the crowd. Real trouble started when fans asked for more songs and Refigah had to snatch the microphone from Ray C and cut the show. The promoters started accusing her of going against the agreement, and she was forced to take a cab to her hotel. On Sunday morning, the promoters phones were all off and when Ray C managed to raise one of them, she was threatened and told to go back to Dar es Salaam. Ray C's country manager, Maleek Buddy, was away on a business trip and was forced to fly back to Nairobi to meet Ray C and solve the issue. By Sunday evening, Buddy had arrived and was handling the matter withe the police.

TOXIC TURNS TO MUSIC

She has made a career in dance, through her group Toxic Dancers. Now the founder, Toxic, real names Juliet Machabo, has gone to the recording studios and will be releasing songs soon. "I want to try music, not that I'm leaving dance, but I wanna see where it can take me," she said. Toxic rose to fame while still in high school, at State House Girls, and she has never looked back. Toxic dancers were in Wyclef Jean's performance team at the MAMAs last year. Will she hack it in music?

ARTISTES GOT PAID TO CAMPAIGN FOR REFERENDUM

Wonder why an artiste would wake up and attend a press conference at 10 am? Money! Money must be involved. Slightly over a month ago, a group of artistes, ranging from Nameless to Nonini, Suzana Owiyo, Abura, Wawesh, Amani, Juliani, Avril, Wyre, to mention but a few, had a press conference at Alliance Francaise, backed by Committee of Experts on the proposed constitution. In the conference, Kenyans for Change 2010 (K4C10) told the media that they will be going round the country through concerts, mainly to urge Kenyans to read the draft and make a wise decision. Nonini was quoted saying: "All the artistes are here because they want change. We are not paid, our travel and accommodation are just being facilitated." Yesterday, singer Amani contradicted his sentiments, saying: "Of course we were paid, good money indeed. Do you think I'd go round the country and not make any cash while the budget is there?"
Sources indicate that over Sh20 million was dished out to produce the joint song, 'Amua', by COE. Artistes were paid well, that's why they could afford to travel with dancers all over. So who are we going to believe?

As Madhouse looks for new premises, Choices Club on Baricho Road is up for sale. The owner is looking for a buyer who will pay cash. Choices is famously known for it's rock night on Sundays, among other nights. The management has been changed several times, greatly affecting the clients flow, and that's why the club is currently not doing that good.

RINGTONE AND MAJIMAJI IN A COLLABO?

It's getting stranger as time goes by! Majimaji, now working at Ghetto Radio, has done a collabo with gospel musician Ringtone, famous for his song 'Pamela'. The product? It's either Maji has gone gospel or Ringtone is sliding to the secular world. The song is called 'Talanta' and the video will be shot this week.

OUSMAN SEES THE LIGHT!

Wonder where reggae musician Ousmane is? Wonder no more. He is planning a comeback, on the other side of music. Ousmane has confessed that he saw the light a few months ago and is now working on new gospel music. "I have recorded already, it's just being mixed now. I want to inspire people with my music and also uplift my God through music," he said. He has even cut his dreadlocks.