Author Topic: WAZEKWA SAYS KOFFI WAS "UNFAIRLY" ARRESTED  (Read 3730 times)

archos on: September 26, 2016, 22:55

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 he first talks about papa wemba as he  is asked why he did not show up too much at funerals like other artists,and he replies she should not compare because they did not have the same relationship and people are not hurt the same way and there were people who were actually happy about his death and he  knows them well
as for him it was a very tough moment because somehow he owes his career to papa wemba and thats why he even declined interviews for a while after his death because when he talks too long about him he actually cries,some people who do not show up much at funerals are actually more hurt than people around coffin so she should not judge based on that
until today he does not really realise papa wemba is gone he thinks he still had a lot to offer and he was also important in their association bomoko they have not had reunions yet since he passed away because he was their elder brother so he had a huge influence
he talks about leadership and says normally people are born leaders or not unless they become leaders through other ways than God, and if you look at the lives of true leaders you can see signs even from their childhood, and people must accept that life is not always about being THE leader, you can be a good number 2 or number 3 and have a very nice life like that and she says leaders in congolese music sometimes get jealous of their number 2's if they start to have too much success  and he gives own example saying he allowed joss to stay in france for two years to get papers( but joss messed it up and got deported on his own will within two months because he could not cope with weather and recently joss visited him at home and told him he regreted to have done it because he would have helped him a lot today )
he is asked about how he treats his employees and he says they have their salary and bonuses and they have a subscription with one hospital in case they have a problem,he says he has 8 female dancers and 5 of them have kids,one of them even has 4 and is the wife of a soldier (and he jokes that he tells musicians that if they want to die fast they should dare approach that girl lol) so they are not little girls you can bully like you want, you have to respect them
there is a short part with was also shown on tv where he says he picks their clothes himself and often they disagree because they find clothes too long as it covers body well and he tells them try and i will change if you are not able to dance ,and at the end he tells them you see you did not need to were small shorties like other dancers to dance well and he wants them not to be ashamed of their past when they retire which is why he wants them to dress well and avoid erotic dances
 he'd like to buy cars to all his musicians like they used to do in the past but its not easy now because with the lack of european concerts they lost a lot of potential money
 he then is asked about koffi and he said koffi called him and he also talked with cindy(he hides that they came to his house not to look weak lol) and he says about what happened to koffi in kenya and he says he was not rejoicing at all at the fact koffi was jailed,because he sees koffi as a rival and not an enemy even though they have serious issues and he says the way he was arrested was unfair because of the medals koffi got last year it makes those who got it "immune" when they face such situation unless they are stripped of the medals but since the congolese authorities absolutely wanted to arrested koffi they arrested him and when they realised they made a mistake they released him
 he is ask if he would accept doing an album with koffi and he says yes but would koffi and producer accept than they are not close like they use to be in the past( with koffi's typical habit of touching people a lot when he is great friends with them) if they  accept then ok 
 he does not hate koffi at all and would not shoot him if he was in front of him, he will salute him if he sees him but he thinks it will be very hard to get them as close as they used to be because he is careful but  koffi is one of the greatest artist drc has ever had, he is one of those who did a lot for our music then he is asked about playing at saintjames hall and asks to change topic
at the end she says there is a part of her show when the guest asks a question and wazekwa ask if she has an husband and she says yes and he adds do not feel hurt by this question i asked because it made me think about some of my dancers one day he asked them to say in all honesty  how many boyfriends they have and some said they have 3 at the same time and him as a christian does not like that but its difficult to make them change their mind
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Jdog #1 on: September 28, 2016, 05:19

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Koffi deserved to be put in jail for the act he did against Pamela that was assault and it was even caught on video. I didn't even know Joss lived in Europe because he was always featured on the albums, he must be struggling or something if he regrets not getting his European papers.. He made a good point about the dancers.
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archos #2 on: September 28, 2016, 10:47

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 yeah before they left wazekwa told joss and gesac to stay in europe to look for papers because he foresaw visas would become difficult after papa wemba's arrest but joss was too eager to go back to kin and show up with his brand new car, and gesac lost it within 3 weeks because he could not speak french and since he did not want to make any effort he returned without telling wazekwa

Kanda South Africa #3 on: October 09, 2016, 17:26

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This guy is one of the most down to earth artists I have come across in Africa. You can tell he is a Christian and is not selfish. I didnt know about him until I saw the video of Ah Ngai a few years back and since then i have liked him and his music.