In a twist of event, Tee Jay has just revealed that Neo ‘Macfowlen’ Makate to be the Grootman Sir Trill cried about. Revealing on his social feeds, Tee Jay said Neo ‘Macfowlen’ Makate exploited artists and never remitted what’s due to them.
A Board member at Risa, CEO of Waltz Music Group and having strong links with other record label, Neo ‘Macfowlen’ Makate used his influences and links to corner royalties meant for artists. In several proofs shared by Tee Jay, it was revealed that projects and records submitted through Macfowlen ends up solely in his pockets, and with the connivance of these label, he was able to go scott free.
Tee Jay revealed that Neo ‘Macfowlen’ Makate took money for several hits such as ‘Samsokolo,’ ‘Don’t Tatazel,’ ‘Yini Sdakwa,’ ‘Empini,’ ‘Amacala,’ ‘Izitha’ Nkosazana’s debut single, ‘1 000 000 Amapiano seconds’ by Tee Jay and Thackzin DJ.
Corroboration
Several artists have come out to support Tee Jay’s allegations, including Kaygee da king and Bizizi. Although the duo said they have put the ugly incident of exploit behind their past and would not want to publicly go that route again.
Kelvin Momo has also validated the claims by Tee Jay about how Neo ‘Macfowlen’ Makate is notorious for stealing proceeds from artists work.
About Neo Makate
Neo Makate is the founder of Waltz Music Group. He started working in the music space in 2011 for Iris Distribution as a PR & Label Manager, for 6 Years. In 2016 he left the corporate space to consult for artists like, Mampintsha, Costa Titch, Mr Eazi, Musiq Soulchild & many more.
In early 2017, he then secured a spot at Content Connect Africa, as Head of Label & Content Manager for 2 years, and later saw the need to go pursue his dream in starting his own record label specialising on licensing, distribution & events, it grew and gave birth to Waltz Music Group in 2019. Waltz Music Group dominated the distribution space, most especially as it pertains Amapiano through 2021 to 2022 untill its decline in relevance.
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