metro chose a risky option to go promote his album first in his native region, unfotunately as our music is very kinshasa centred it appeared like he sunk along with the lot of bigger artists who released without getting the usual long term hype
but i guess he made contacts so that he can perform with his group, its not super super lucrative but believe me when it gets tough for those minor artists and even for bigger name who just could not sustain a long run of success in solo career,even those tours can avoid your whole group running away to bigger groups(soki tembe tuna kabose lol )