Author Topic: The song Affaire Ngulu was so funny  (Read 4335 times)

mvulusi96 on: March 20, 2018, 08:04

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Longbluesquid #1 on: March 20, 2018, 17:28

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That song he copied Wemba, Emeneya. But I don't know the language. From what I heard of him is that he is a comedian. Also like mbuta likasu?

Matebu #2 on: March 20, 2018, 17:39

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That song he copied Wemba, Emeneya. But I don't know the language. From what I heard of him is that he is a comedian. Also like mbuta likasu?

Yes, a very well known artiste-comedien in Europe. He was doing funny but very good tribute/remixes of the legends mostly in Lingala. He also did a funny comeo in Madilu’s Bonheur “assistant sociale”

Matebu #3 on: March 20, 2018, 20:37

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It always amazes me when non-dedicated artists have better sounding albums than serious artists. Compare this album to something like... Affaire Ya Tonya Tonya.

Bébé Kerozene was also an atalakou on this album

archos #4 on: March 20, 2018, 20:53

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 Ya sophie abota bibota bota oyo ya liboso matama oyo ya mibale dikosi hein or something like that lol too funny mister siatul

faithandwar #5 on: March 21, 2018, 03:40

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This is how parodies are supposed to be lmao. He literally got all of them, Koffi, Wemba and Werra especially.

Can someone explain to me what the Ngulu(Pig) Affair was? I remember it being something in the early 2000's dealing with our artists.

We had all of Siatula's VHS tapes, Kombi ewuti poto is a classic!

Matebu #6 on: March 21, 2018, 04:02

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"azo tuna yo... c'est n'est pas musicien"   :D :D :D
This is how parodies are supposed to be lmao. He literally got all of them, Koffi, Wemba and Werra especially.

Can someone explain to me what the Ngulu(Pig) Affair was? I remember it being something in the early 2000's dealing with our artists.

We had all of Siatula's VHS tapes, Kombi ewuti poto is a classic!

Basically, the Ngulu "pig" represented all the people who were listed fake band members to get passage into Europe in exchange for a payout. Stuffing the pig is stuff the band with imposters. Early on it would be just a few people, but as they were getting away with it early on they got real greedy, which raised red flags to EU authorities. They would pay Wemba $3500 fee for entry in Europe via aeroport CDG Roissy & Brussels.

When he got arrested in Feb 2003 we all thought his career was over, as every major media outlet made a report about it. At the moment of arrest he was smuggling 15 people guised as Nouvelle Ecrita members.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/21/world/congolese-singer-arrested-in-france.html
After he was released from prison late 2003 and had his Zenith, he was extradited to Beligum after to answer for the same crime. The Ngulu affair scared the sh*t out of every artist to the point they were willing to set aside polemic and show solidarity.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3497837.stm
Late 2004 he recieved 30 months suspended sentence with his previous 4 month imprisonment credited, meaning he walked free. He got lucky in the end.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4015473.stm

Belgian court said 200 Congolese entered Europe illegally via Wemba, meaning he made something like $700,000 gross profit over many years.
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faithandwar #7 on: March 21, 2018, 06:44

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"azo tuna yo... c'est n'est pas musicien"   :D :D :

Basically, the Ngulu "pig" represented all the people who were listed fake band members to get passage into Europe in exchange for a payout. Stuffing the pig is stuff the band with imposters. Early on it would be just a few people, but as they were getting away with it early on they got real greedy, which raised red flags to EU authorities. They would pay Wemba $3500 fee for entry in Europe via aeroport CDG Roissy & Brussels.

When he got arrested in Feb 2003 we all thought his career was over, as every major media outlet made a report about it. At the moment of arrest he was smuggling 15 people guised as Nouvelle Ecrita members.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/21/world/congolese-singer-arrested-in-france.html
After he was released from prison late 2003 and had his Zenith, he was extradited to Beligum after to answer for the same crime. The Ngulu affair scared the sh*t out of every artist to the point they were willing to set aside polemic and show solidarity.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3497837.stm
Late 2004 he recieved 30 months suspended sentence with his previous 4 month imprisonment credited, meaning he walked free. He got lucky in the end.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4015473.stm

Belgian court said 200 Congolese entered Europe illegally via Wemba, meaning he made something like $700,000 gross profit over many years.
"azo tuna yo... c'est n'est pas musicien"   :D :D :D
Nayebi na ngai français te lol, there's no way I would've picked that up

OH!
 I remember hearing about that, I thought that was much later. My dad told me about that sometime in 2006 or so but I didn't know it happened earlier or didn't know they had a name for it.  All I knew was that Wemba went to jail for smuggling people in France and that was it. But "Ba ngulu" I heard a lot in mabokes, muziki (moreso JB) and sketches and stuff.

 Thanks for the info, I appreciate it. :)