{"id":464679,"date":"2018-02-15T19:30:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-15T19:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/15\/lord-kenya-is-ungrateful-okraku-mantey\/"},"modified":"2018-02-15T19:30:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-15T19:30:27","slug":"lord-kenya-is-ungrateful-okraku-mantey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/15\/lord-kenya-is-ungrateful-okraku-mantey\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord Kenya is ungrateful &#8211; Okraku Mantey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Thursday, 15 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-15<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/80890304.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Okraku Mantey1\" title=\"Mark Okraku Mantey1\" width=\"295\" height=\"189\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mark Okraku-Mantey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1518723027_122_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Chief Executive Officer of Slip Entertainment, Mark Okraku-Mantey has described rapper turned Pastor, Lord Kenya, as one of the most ungrateful persons he has managed in the past.<\/p>\n<p>The producer, who managed Lord Kenya for about 3 years, has said the amount of investment and effort injected into his success were not duly appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the musician exhibited signs of disrespect, in and invariably hopped unto a new record label without his consent.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Okraku-Mantey who is also the Director of the Creative Arts Council told Andy Dosty on Daybreak Hitz \u201cI don\u2019t remember Lord Kenya thanking me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes I could send someone to call Lord Kenya, for me because I am making a booking for an event, he would send someone to me that, he is with his manager so when he is through he will come,\u201d he recounted.<\/p>\n<p>He also denied rumours the \u2018Born Again\u2019 hitmaker has made in the past suggesting that he was cheated of his earnings by Mr Okraku-Mantey.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr Okraku Mantey artises normally use claims of cheating on the part of their handlers as an excuse \u201cto run out of contracts\u2026because now he or she has some form of equity, so they can ride on their equity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that, even at the time when Lord Kenya was at his prime performing at an average of two shows per week, his share as a manager was never from what he earned from the performances.<\/p>\n<p>The business agreement between the two was getting a percentage of the sales of the musician\u2019s album, he said.<\/p>\n<p>This arrangement according to the producer, did not constitute cheating.<\/p>\n<p>The producer who has is no longer in production and artiste management mentioned the likes of late highlife musician Daasebre Dwamena, and Gospel artiste Nana Yaw Asare amongst others, as those who have made his work outstanding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe create stars, they become monsters, they come back to chew us up,\u201d Okraku lamented.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Thursday, 15 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-15 Mark Okraku-Mantey Chief Executive Officer of Slip Entertainment, Mark Okraku-Mantey has described rapper turned Pastor, Lord Kenya, as one of the most ungrateful persons he has managed in the past. 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