Sanaipei Tande exposes the dark side of the music industry.

January 14, 2022 172

19 years in the industry Sanaipei Tande seems to have known the industry as the back of her hand. In an interview on Spice FM, she revealed some challenges she faced in the entertainment industry. One of the challenges includes her lack of marketing strategy, pay, her consistency in her music. Sanaipei said she lost shows because she refused to sleep with promoters.

“I have lost shows because a promoter tells you he wants you to go to Naivasha to perform and we agree and there’s M-Pesa so you can send me my deposit but they want it to be a thing of why don’t we meet…have a drink. We’ll be in Nairobi this weekend…we can do something.”

Sanaa added that a lot of female artists would tell her they have been victims.

“There’s a casualness in the industry that I could not deal with. A lot of girls would tell me, ‘If you want a DJ to play your song you have to do a little something with him.’ A producer tells you he can produce a song for you for free lakini kuna vile.”