Officials in Trinidad and Tobago are in hot water after reports surfaced that they spent over $800,000 on a concert featuring Nicki Minaj.
The concert, which was featured on her “My Time Now” MTV documentary, was part of the country's “Localise It” fest a fashion show and live performances.
The rapper, who is of Trinidadian descent, was paid a large portion of the $825,000 spent--- $382,000, $60,000 of which was spent on hotel expenses.
Additionally $15,000 was spent for the concert's advertising, $75,000 was spent or the venue, $60,000 was spent for the fashion show, $40,000 was spent for the local acts, $32,000 went to the Copyright Organization of Trinidad and Tobago and $26,000 was paid to cultural acts.
Diego Martin Central MP Dr Amery Browne has called for an audit into the show.
The organizer of the event, Sport and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Roberts has since spoken out against Brown and asked him to “focus on the facts and stop trying to play games.”
He also adds,
“The key issue is he had the contract with Nicki Minaj—a Trinbagonian superstar—the number one Trinbagonian out there worldwide. He had the paper.”
Hope she makes sure to pay her taxes. They dont want to see anybody get no money.
I guess you can say there baccccck. DipSet Live in NY brings your 15min of old and new songs. Kinda cool seeing them back together. Well Check it out and tell me what you think.
In a recent list by thesmokinggun.com, documents reveal that the Toronto rapper pulls in over $100,000 dollars per show.
His estimated total per show of $155,000 per show, currently makes him among the highest-paid acts in all of Hip Hop that are CURRENTLY touring.
However, Drake's dominance in Hip-Hop is nowhere as dominating to the Country and Pop scene. The list reveals some of the others acts who receive more than Drake, and topping inat number one are the "Rascal Flatts," who make more than 4 times what Drake makes per show.
Peep the list below to see who is charging the big bucks to satisfy their fans, and how far Drake has come before even dropping his sophomore album, Take Care.
Rascal Flatts $702,500 *
Kiss $500,000 *
Keith Urban $487,500 *
Drake $155,000
Selena Gomez $100,000
Kelly Pickler $40,000 **
Kris Allen $12,500
Chris Young $7,500 ***
* Represents a minimum guaranteed fee. This figure can increase based on gross box office sales, a percentage of which goes to the artist once receipts exceed a contractually stipulated amount.
** Pickler finished sixth during the fifth season of “American Idol.”
*** Young is a former winner of the “Nashville Star” reality TV show.
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The ad campaign, by perfume company Coty UK, featured Beyoncé wearing a short red dress and acting seductively, was described by the Advertising Standards Authority as “sexually provocative” and “unsuitable to be seen by young children”. The ad was set to the song Fever.
A number of complaints were received by the ASA from members of the public, who said that their children had seen the ad in the middle of the day during family programming. The commercial already carried a restriction imposed by Clearcast, which vets TV ads before they are aired, not to be shown in or around children’s programming.
Coty said that the TV ad was “intended to reflect the singer Beyoncé’s personal ‘sexy chic’ style” and that the ad was not “overtly graphic or explicitly sexual and at no point was Beyoncé naked”. The company added that the commercial was “stylised and in keeping with other ads in the genre”.
However, the ASA said the ad should not have been run so early in the day and ordered that it should not now be aired before 7.30pm in the evening.
“Beyoncé’s body movements and the camera’s prolonged focus on shots of her dress slipping away to partially expose her breasts created a sexually provocative ad that was unsuitable to be seen by young children,” said the ASA. “We considered that the ad should not have been shown before 7.30pm due to the sexually provocative nature of the imagery.”
Beyoncé Thanksgiving Night Special on ABC - Commercial
Well i flat out think she's the best who ever did, done etc IT hahahaha
