Lady Du’s management team, EMEXTEE, clears up rumours on mismanagement and exploitation
On the 18th of February, Ladu Du made explosive accusations against her management team. Although she didn’t name the management team, she expressed that she was abused and exploited.
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In a now deleted Instagram post, the Woza hitmaker released a lengthy statement describing her heartbreak over the situation. She told her fans that her management team was doing her great injustice. Mentioning that she regrets ever signing the deal. In addition to that, se mentions that instead of finding and booking her gigs and promoting her work, they have been blocking her by telling promoters that she was not available.
Thabiso Khati of EMEXTEE has released a statement refuting the allegations, calling Lady Du’s allegations untrue. He also mentioned that he vehemently denies all allegations mentioned in her social media posts.
“Although she didn’t mention me by name, it is commonly known within the music industry circles that she is under my management. These false and untruthful allegations are causing grave repetitional damage; however, I will not give into her social media bullying tactics and respond or make any comment online at this stage,” Khati said in a statement.
“I have no intention of preventing Duduzile Ngwenya from our business arrangement, from exiting her contract early”
In the statement, Khati mentions that with his extensive knowledge in the industry, he has effectively seen it all. He touched on how normal it is for artists and managers to part ways and for contracts to be terminated prior to their expiration date. “I have however also observed how artists in such situations play victim and seek public sympathy in order to exit legally binding agreements by any means necessary, even if it means making slanderous remarks against their managers/ label,” he says. Adding that he is prepared to stand for the manager and record labels because they seemingly don’t have a voice in the public sphere.
“Termination clauses in contracts are put in place to protect both artist and manager. I have no intention of preventing Duduzile Ngwenya, who has benefitted extensively financially and otherwise from our business arrangement, from exiting her contract early for whatever reason, however, her current approach has been done in bad faith to the contractual business agreement we have in place and will be dealt with decisively from a legal standpoint,” he says.
Check out the full statement below: