Why do Congolese artists never leave their bands when bandleaders do them wrong ? Like it's not normal being arrested by interpol for almost a week and your boss abandons you without sending help. Alain was lucky that his father and sister intervened. Really sad how the tour-promoter decided to commit suicide.

The story about how the musicians were wearing each others clothes, not being paid and fans in Zambia mocking was really humiljating. The musicians could have been wrong that Marie Paul paid the dancers, it could also be that they went to a boss and did some ...., which made them gain some money. Anyway, it was really cowardly from traitors to point Alain Mwepu as reponsible. It won't surprise me if it was Pitshou Santiago who did that, because over the years I watched interviews of different El Paris-members and they all called Pitshou traitor/snitch. I also believe that  same Marie Paul sended Charly to beat Dello Bass up.

That African tour was a huge mess, but the funny thing is how on tv, Marie Paul and his musicians acted on tv like every went great. Having followed the interviews Alain Mwepu, Hassan, Depitcho and co did about El Paris made me conclude that Marie Paul is one of the worst bandleaders our music ever had.

Why do Congolese artists never leave their bands when bandleaders do them wrong ? Like it's not normal being arrested by interpol for almost a week and your boss abandons you without sending help. Alain was lucky that his father and sister intervened. Really sad how the tour-promoter decided to commit suicide.

The story about how the musicians were wearing each others clothes, not being paid and fans in Zambia mocking was really humiljating. The musicians could have been wrong that Marie Paul paid the dancers, it could also be that they went to a boss and did some ...., which made them gain some money. Anyway, it was really cowardly from traitors to point Alain Mwepu as reponsible. It won't surprise me if it was Pitshou Santiago who did that, because over the years I watched interviews of different El Paris-members and they all called Pitshou traitor/snitch. I also believe that  same Marie Paul sended Charly to beat Dello Bass up.

That African tour was a huge mess, but the funny thing is how on tv, Marie Paul and his musicians acted on tv like every went great. Having followed the interviews Alain Mwepu, Hassan, Depitcho and co did about El Paris made me conclude that Marie Paul is one of the worst bandleaders our music ever had.

Worse than Madilu or Reddy?

When it's coming about organisation it's Marie Paul. It's because of these mismangement and deceptions that Jus d'Ete Mulopwe and Depitcho Savanet left   People often claim that the vocal Jus d'ete Mulopwe did in Werrason's Rendez Vous Manqué was about his time in El Paris from 5:50 min



In pt. 2 Alain explained how the slept next to cows when they went to Kahemba and those same cows licking them on their faceshahahahha. He also said how they managed to get illegally into Brazzaville. At some point, he was intercepted, but he lied and claimed that they had left Kinshasa for political reasons because of their problems with Kongulu Mobutu.

Alain also spoke about their trip to South Africa, where they ended up being jailed and deported after having  problems with the tour promoter. In addition, he explained how he and Doukouré managed to return to South Africa by travelling through Mbuji-Mayi,  Lubumbashi and Zambia without papers. At some point, Doukouré started sell clothes at the market of to earn enough money to get into Zambia. It was with the help of Kayembe Chez Ntemba that they managed to reach South Africa

him being intercepted but lying that they left Kinshasa for political reason because their problems with Kongulu Mobutu. Also about their trip South Africa, where they ended up getting jailed and deported after getiing problems with the tour promoter. Also the way how he and Doukoure managed to get back in South Africa through Mbuji Mayi, Lubumbashi wihtout papers and Doukoure at some point selling clothes in order to get into Zambia and with help from Kayembe Chez Ntemba they managed to get into South Africa.

The thing that was saving Marie Paul was his ability to draw huge crowds whenever he walked through the streets or held big events. But financially he didn't had anything. I don't remember which of the many interviews it was, but Hassan Tseke explained to Teddy Mola, when talking about Marie Paul's mistakes, how he, Depitcho and Manda were wasting money by staying in hotels, while they could have saved a lot of money by renting villas or houses, but they refused to do it (maybe because of believing they would return to Europe soon, while they were already spending years in Kinshasa or maybe because of wanting to maintain that “mikiliste” image). It was only shortly before Couvre-Feu that Marie Paul started renting a villa in Limete and Manda Chante later following by renting a villa in Binza.

The same issue was with cars. Instead of buying a Mazda or Nissan, they preferred to use taxis. At some point, they had difficulties paying the taxi drivers and many of the drivers apparently hated them because they knew they wouldn't get paid. They could have saved a lot of money by having their own cars, but they simply didn't want to buy them. It 's only years later, when businessmen Abeto Center started to work with Marie Paul in 1999 that he offered him a red BMW, as Marie Paul said to him that he didn't had a car. I don't know if this was partly because they didn't want to be confronted with the Wenge 4x4 singers, who were all driving Mercedes-Benzes, but it definitely affected them financially.