Skolopad does not come cheap
Media personality rants against low pay offer
“I have worked too damn hard on my own exposure to be paid peanuts! I don’t deserve peanuts or to be told I’m not worth what I say I am worth. Exposure doesn’t pay the bills‚ so shove it.”
That was the reaction of an angry Skolopad after she exposed a promoter who tried to get her to lower her fee.
Skolopad said being paid R4 000 when she asked for R8 500, was the same as attending an event for free. She could not do it because she has people who depended on her gigs for their daily bread.
Skolopad took to Twitter to share a conversation with a promoter (who she preferred not to name) with whom she negotiated a fee for an appearance.
Skolopad said in the screenshot that she would charge R8 500 for an appearance and host duties and would require that she and her team be accommodated and fed.
The organiser complained that Skolopad’s price was too steep and went on to add that her “demands” were unreasonable. Skolopad explained that her team wasn’t an entourage of groupies or friends for fun‚ it was more a “glam team”.
She said it was a designer‚ makeup artist and a photographer‚ all of whom she needed to bring along with her.
The entertainer said this was an example of how promoters exploited upcoming artists and how their worth was constantly questioned.
She explained that she would have gone to the event if there weren’t other people involved, that needed to be paid.
“It p****d me off that I had to keep explaining that I’m not bringing my friends to have a good time. These people are also hustling and I can’t pay them with exposure.
“So when I set a price‚ it’s not that I think highly of myself‚ I consider things like travelling‚ what it takes to look good‚ the people that make me look good and the publicity I bring to the event. I am worth every cent I charge.”
Skolopad said she has also decided that she would only take on gigs where people were willing to pay what she asked because otherwise it’s not worth it.