Poor Jadakiss, he probably should've done more study into the country before agreeing to go down to Swaziland to perform... After the whole Libya incident with artists giving back 'blood money' you'd think artists would be more careful who they say 'yes' to,... The Swazi werent too happy about it and they called for a boycott on the show...anyway... at the end of the day he still got his paid and the show went on...
He gave a concert linked to the embattled royal family early Sunday, performing in a nearly empty hall in Swaziland's main city Manzini following an opposition boycott call.The event, billed as a fundraiser for a charity bearing the name of the son of King Mswati III, Lindani, was supposed to start at 6:00 pm Saturday.
But Jadakiss finally took to the stage around 1:00 am Sunday, giving an "excellent" performance to a small audience of under 500 people, including several princes and princesses.
Neighbouring South Africa's ruling ANC party's Youth League also called for a boycott of the event, saying it is a "celebration of the suffering and starvation of the people of Swaziland by the king, his friends and family".
"We have no problem with Jadakiss personally we have a problem with taxpayers' money being used to organise activities of this kind," SWAYOCO's national organiser Mxolisi Nghamphalala told AFP, adding: "Jadakiss performed and he got his money."
Source:RNW
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