Sauti Sol have issued a statement days after controversy that followed their December 17 performance drew lots of negativity.
They thanked the attendees and sponsors for attending the festival for starters before expounding on what their SolFest brand represents: “SolFest was conceptualised as a showcase for musicians and businesses within Sol Generation’s core values – discipline, order, passion and excellence (D.O.P.E), and is intended to serve as a platform not just for Sauti Sol and Sol Generation artistes, but for a variety of talented African musicians,” They shared.
While at it, they addressed their ‘unfortunate’ performance delay that fans loudly took offense with. “We took more focus on the local talent who were performing, and our international guests. We acknowledge that this may have led to some unfortunate delays in keeping the show running in a timely fashion and would like to reassure all our fans and supporters that we will plan better for this in the future,” They promised.
The Nishike singers took to the stage at 4 AM on Saturday night, disappointing their throngs of fans. Twitter fans savagely went in on them, prompting their statement.
