Since most
successful Congo Brazzaville men and even women like’s praise, Congolese
musicians sing their praise in their songs. It explains why musicians from the
DRC have discovered a market niche in Brazzaville. Before recording any new
track in Kinshasa, DRC musicians simply cross the River Congo and start
knocking at the doors of each Brazzaville elite, who naturally, mutually hates
each other and start looking for money. It is the highest bidder’s names that
will be song in the record that will be released. It also explains why most
Congolese musicians from the DRC, who were famous on the continent before the
Nigerians came and stole their top spot, usually make profit for their records
even before they are released on the market. Hence DRC musicians such as Koffi
Olumide, Fally Ipupa and Fere Gola have made a kill by specializing in singing
the praise of President Denis Sassou Nguesso, Claudia Sassou, and the Lord
Mayor of the Brazzaville Greater City Council and other dignitaries of the
regime.
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