Riky Rick leaves Mabala Noise, rants about the music biz
Riky Rick announced on Twitter that he is leaving his record label, Mabala Noise, with immediate effect.
This comes shortly after his speech at the Metro FM awards where he made it quite clear what he thought of the current state of the music industry. Nobody thought at the time that he was also taking aim at Mabala Noise.
“I didn’t think about the consequences or who would get mad. I just wanted to do the right thing. Inspire the kids to not be slaves to them,” he remarked after the speech had gone viral.
In his Metro FM speech he called the music on radio ‘crap’ and highlighted how many artists are penniless and could not get their music on radio despite how good some of it is. He was less than gracious in accepting the award and his mic was actually cut off before he could end, indicative of what clowns the SABC are.
He later told Khanyi Mbau and Somizi: “Stop playing with the people; the people are not stupid.”
Now it seems that Mabala Noise could also have been part of his dissatisfaction with the state of things in his music career by basically saying that Mabala Noise paid to get him the award.
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The Mabala Announcement on Twitter
After long prayer and conversation with God, I am no longer part of @Mabala_Noise 🙏🏾 Blessings to everyone there. Thank you for the love.👊🏾
— #STAYSHINING 🌍 (@rikyrickworld) March 13, 2017
Some other choice Tweets
You might see all this material shit and think It makes life easier. It doesnt. Money Its just an illusion to keep us making DUMB decisions.
— #STAYSHINING 🌍 (@rikyrickworld) March 13, 2017
Dear friends and fam, The past couple weeks have been hectic. The metro speech was a moment of clarity for me. Brought me back to reality.
— #STAYSHINING 🌍 (@rikyrickworld) March 13, 2017
You Cant Sell Your Soul bro… It doesnt belong to you. It belongs to God.
— #STAYSHINING 🌍 (@rikyrickworld) March 13, 2017