Nwagi, who had gone to the Acacia Mall-based spot with two friends, refused to pay the entrance fees and instead logged into her Snapchat to deliver a tirade about how she had been disrespected.
Up to now she still believes she deserves the right to free entry because clubs play her music without paying and since clubbing is not part of work, she believes there is no reason she can’t just drop at a bar any time she feels like.
“I think they have booking agents [referring to foreign artistes who have come to Kampala and accessed bars without paying]; I don’t have one, and I won’t get one. I just drop in, why not you, guys [reporters]? The mood just comes and I decide to go out. That’s not a job… It’s just that here people are still contemptuous. How do you bounce an artiste in presence of their fans?” she wondered.
“They just disrespect me because they are used to me getting disrespected… I had just gone to have fun. I usually go there when I’m free on a Friday… The owner of the bar is not black, he doesn’t understand how things work here and he doesn’t want to know… He doesn’t want to get close to people. Because I believe clubs and artistes need each other.”
Nwagi, who was speaking to journalists, reasoned that clubs and musicians need each other.
“He doesn’t see value in artistes getting free access to his club. He looks at it as familiarity. But I was offended because [I have a different perspective from his]… I can’t pay money to enter a club… I, Firebaby, yet I’m going to enter and you play Matala, play Malaika, play Musawo [all those are her songs]… and when they see Firebaby in the area, it adds vibe,… and when I share on my Snapchat, people know that that’s a good place to hang out,” she said.
“There are people, whether you want it or not, you have to respect us. So, when we come to your place, you let us enter because we are going to buy our own drinks, so it should be that way.”
The songbird insisted she won’t be paying to enter a local club.
