Author Topic: (Archive) Alain Mpela reacting on rumors about departure (2001)  (Read 1544 times)

Mfumu Vata on: January 29, 2026, 20:01

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Back then there rumors about him having left Wenge BCBG and shortly before those rumors, his brother and sister came on tv to complain about his way of living

CM PRINCE #1 on: January 30, 2026, 02:30

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Why didn't they let him do a playback of his song Kap Kapita instead of Sans toucher lol, why did his siblings go on tv to complain about his lifestyle? did they do the same to Bouro?

Mfumu Vata #2 on: January 30, 2026, 13:25

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I was also wondering the same thing. Thinking about the song Kap Kapita, I believe that Alain Mpela made a mistake for not choosing to release a rumba-song instead, when looking how the songs Eternellement and Vita-Imana boosted Fally Ipupa and Ferre Gola. There people on tiktok that claim now that it was predictable that Alain Mpela's career was about to flop since that he hadn't a proper hit-song comparable to the tracks Ferre and Fally released, when being in Wenge BCBG. While they forget the impact and influence Alain Mpela had at that era as chef d'orchestre (1998-2003).

Alain Mpela had difficulties to pay rent and were claiming that JB Mpiana wasn't paying him enough money. There's an extract of it on the cassette about Alain Mpela's departure.



from 3:07 the interview of Zacharie Bababaswe with Maitre Yoka Mpela and Gisele Mpela in 2001 just before Bercy, complaining openly about how Alain Mpela was struggling financially. After Bercy, there was newarticle written that Alain Mpela had left with the PPU's to form BCBG Musica. But it was quickly denied by Wenge BCBG. From 17:15 min after the Canada-trip of 2001, Alain Mpela responding his relatives and rumors about his departure to Zacharie Bababaswe.



They didn't do the same with Bouro Mpela. But I remember that there was an article written about their mother cursing Bouro Mpela for having left Alain Mpela to rejoin Quartier Latin and that the money of Koffi was dirty money.
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archos #3 on: January 30, 2026, 16:18

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lol alain was on a madness in that period,man had two 700 dollars rooms at grand hotel to pay every month to extent that late mundabi even said leki instead of paying that much to me for 20 months consecutively which only diplomats afford here,here is some money pay the bail to get a house in macampagne with it,then to appease his family he made sure as many as possible of them go to paris via bcbg ngulu's

Quadra Kora Man #4 on: January 30, 2026, 18:58

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I was also wondering the same thing. Thinking about the song Kap Kapita, I believe that Alain Mpela made a mistake for not choosing to release a rumba-song instead, when looking how the songs Eternellement and Vita-Imana boosted Fally Ipupa and Ferre Gola. There people on tiktok that claim now that it was predictable that Alain Mpela's career was about to flop since that he hadn't a proper hit-song comparable to the tracks Ferre and Fally released, when being in Wenge BCBG. While they forget the impact and influence Alain Mpela had at that era as chef d'orchestre (1998-2003).

Alain Mpela had difficulties to pay rent and were claiming that JB Mpiana wasn't paying him enough money. There's an extract of it on the cassette about Alain Mpela's departure.



from 3:07 the interview of Zacharie Bababaswe with Maitre Yoka Mpela and Gisele Mpela in 2001 just before Bercy, complaining openly about how Alain Mpela was struggling financially. After Bercy, there was newarticle written that Alain Mpela had left with the PPU's to form BCBG Musica. But it was quickly denied by Wenge BCBG. From 17:15 min after the Canada-trip of 2001, Alain Mpela responding his relatives and rumors about his departure to Zacharie Bababaswe.



They didn't do the same with Bouro Mpela. But I remember that there was an article written about their mother cursing Bouro Mpela for having left Alain Mpela to rejoin Quartier Latin and that the money of Koffi was dirty money.

You‘re 100% right. I was surprised when i learn that Kap Kapita was his solo Wenge bcbg song and its a sebene and not proper rumba but in which term was he than sucess? Would you say he had privileg like Heritier in WMMM?
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