Prince Kaybee Advises Young Artists against Joining Top Labels While Starting Out

[Image Source: Entertainment SA]

By Kinyua Mwangi

Get Free Music Updates and Mixes on Telegram

South African musician Prince Kaybee has cautioned budding artists against joining big record labels at the early stages of their careers.

According to Kaybee, the first mindset change an aspiring artist must adopt is that they not be signed by a big recording label. He says that this is a major mistake that many artists make when starting out in music and end up frustrated.

Read Also: Prince Kaybee Takes Hard Stand on Featuring Artists in His Projects

Kaybee notes that budding artists can make it in the industry as long as they have the right plan including a great video and radio plugger.

“You don’t need to be signed to any record label, especially the major ones,” he said.

The ‘Gugulethu’ hit maker says the problem with major recording labels is that they still do things the conventional way because ‘old people’ make decisions.

Read Also: Battle of Kings! Kwesta vs AKA: Who Deserves the Crown?

 “The reason I fuss about having young people in your team as an artist is because old people are sitting at Major record labels applying Brenda Fassie’s promo plan to your career(May her soul RIP). These are different times, music is a young man’s sport,” he opined.

With a relatively affordable budget, Kaybee said there are chances of making it in Mzansi music industry.

“So its 25k to get a good radio plugger, 60k for a simple music video, 12k for a decent photoshoot, gather a few influencers for you to trend at 7k, have a YouTube account, upload music on streaming platforms, but you must have lucrative music,” he advised.

Leave your comment