‘I Wanna Love You’ Vocalist Nothende Still Hasn’t Received Payment For The Song

It has been over 5 years since Lulo Cafe’s song I wanna Love You was released and became a hit that most people fell in love with, the singer in the song Nothende revealed on Facebook last year 2016 that she didn’t receive any payment for the song, not a single cent. On her post she wrote how even when the song sold globally she received nothing not even credentials since she wrote the song and came up with the melody. Her story is rather touching and is something most wanna be artist usually go through. Lulo Cafe initially addressed the matter and had mentioned that he and Soul Candi would look into the matter and expressed that he had nothing but respect for Nothende.

Speaking to  Zalebs the songstress expressed just how much work and time is put into creating music.”There are many misconceptions about the music industry, about the artist, about music. Firstly, creation itself is a lot of work. Writing, arranging, producing, all of that is work which takes up a lot of time, energy and money. Especially if there is particular care for the sound, the story/concept and overall artistic direction of the music. So many people are not aware just how much work actually gets put in when creating music, and just how expensive music is. Artists don’t really share these processes,”said Madumo.

She added that media doesn’t reveal all that it should regarding the work put in making music. “Most media don’t take much interest in it, and the public generally just take in and believe whatever the artist and media put out there. This has adverse effects on many societal factors, though it is not a common conversation in these streets. I don’t have all the answers, but I think we should have music in our education system and curriculum. This might bring about a new and different respect and understanding for the craft. Who knows what else could come from it.”  She said

This is Nothende’s Post From Last Year. Till now the singer hasn’t received payment for the song I wanna Love You

Here’s a reminder of the song that became a  hit but its writer and vocalist allegedly never got paid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWB5LQHVYfc