Author Topic: ALBA REVEALS BCBG STAFF TRIED TO CONVINCE JB TO BRING MASELA TO ZENITH 1999  (Read 1277 times)

archos on: April 10, 2026, 19:32

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He said when they arrived for zenith many of the major bcbg staff members of then were not trusting him alba late sunda and co and tried to convince jb to quickly bring didier masela to wenge bcbg,as he was already talking to jb(who was helping him out behind the scenes financially as he did not see money anymore amid the leadership wars) they talked and gave there reasons and he just waited for them to be done with it and said yes these guys are younger than masela and makaba who did not participate in zenith's preparation but wait until the concert happens and you'll see if you dont change your opinion,and its what jb said that happened because the same guys who doubted them were gifting them money any time they came across them for no reason

Mfumu Vata #1 on: April 12, 2026, 16:48

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What was the reason that Makaba didn't prepare the Zénith-show with them in Kinshasa ?

Whole Europe had Zénith-cds/cassettes in their car. It's crazy how the show of JB Mpiana was first denigrated by WMM and Quartier Latin-fans. But how it took the Congolese diaspora in no time over when the VHS, CD and cassettes got released

archos #2 on: April 12, 2026, 20:32

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one of the main reasons was that makaba was already strongly against the first generation of pipiyu(kibens,rio,chai,heritier,allureux,mick chante and armand rip to them and co) he did a quick trip to kin and he was a bit cold with them  and also seeing that concerts had permanently become wenge bcbg de jb mpiana in great character so he was like i'll see you in paris anyway
after zenith he had contacts for a contract somewhere in asia or america like big festivals i think but seeing that the bcbg list was on its way to almost double soon he was upset because it would complicate things( a bit like the issue academia had with secteur a when adding a lot of musicians)

CM PRINCE #3 on: April 12, 2026, 22:57

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one of the main reasons was that makaba was already strongly against the first generation of pipiyu(kibens,rio,chai,heritier,allureux,mick chante and armand rip to them and co) he did a quick trip to kin and he was a bit cold with them  and also seeing that concerts had permanently become wenge bcbg de jb mpiana in great character so he was like i'll see you in paris anyway
after zenith he had contacts for a contract somewhere in asia or america like big festivals i think but seeing that the bcbg list was on its way to almost double soon he was upset because it would complicate things( a bit like the issue academia had with secteur a when adding a lot of musicians)
Lol Makaba already knew half of those guys were faux musicians anyway and then fast forward 4 years later people wanted them out of the band.

archos #4 on: April 13, 2026, 00:40

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lol kibens convinced that he impressed makaba so hard while makaba went to jb to confront him in private about taking 'that guy" who was writing for jb then helped them all and became their friend without him giving his authorization to recruit him

CM PRINCE #5 on: April 13, 2026, 01:03

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This is what I’m saying loool Makaba saw the downfall coming and told jb not to recruit them and look how that worked out for Jb’s career haha.
Also it’s Makaba’s own fault for choosing to stay in Europe and allow Jb to take full control of the band slowly, if he resided in kin things might have worked out differently and Blaise and Makaba might’ve stayed a bit longer.