You are not doing an artiste a favour when they are signed to your label; you make profit too – Mr Drew

Ghanaian entertainer Mr. Drew has voice out concerning happenings and conversations after he left highly spiritual label.

In a conversation with Ghanaweb He disclosed that label are not doing artistes favours when they sign them for its strictly business and when contract expires one can leave when they deem fit.

You are not doing an artiste a favour when they are signed to your label; you make profit too, he said.

“I’ve seen artistes move from one label to another or become independent and are successful after that. It’s business so it shouldn’t look like they are doing artistes favours”.

Recently, Mr. Drew has been making waves on social media as a result of his abrupt exit from the Highly Spiritual record label after a period of five years.

The record label founder, Kaywa, has been throwing some subtle jabs at Mr. Drew on social media after the former refused to renew his contract which ended in the latter part of 2022.

This development has somewhat sparked the conversations of artistes abandoning their record labels after becoming well-established and finding their feet in the industry.

Drew was the first runner-up at MTN Hitmaker Season 6 in 2017, after which he was signed to Highly Spiritual Music, founded by music producer and engineer, Kaywa.