The contract terms were 60- 40 in favor of the label. In every deal signed, the label used to take 60% while 40% goes to the artiste.
Vaga explained, "Of course, we are going to do everything for him. He agreed and called a few people to help him go through the contract,".
He added that the label was taking care of Stevo's Rent, Clothing, Transport, and shopping (Household items).
He started by re-branding the star by going for photoshoots, buying new clothes, and opening a new Instagram page.
The label and its producers created the first song, a collabo with Coast singer Adasa.
A couple of months later, Freshi Barida was recorded and released.
Stevo did five events in one year. The maximum he was paid was Sh50,000 but for the first gig, he was Sh30,000 according to the now former manager.
"I remember spending more money on PR coz msanii ndo anaaanza so a lot PR lazima ikue ndani," Vaga explained.
He alleges that he used more than what they were paid for the show.
Vaga did not have high expectations of the two years he was managing Stevo Simple Boy.
The label used to pay Stevo's rent, food, clothes, and other expenses for the one-bedroom house he stays in. The rent was Sh16, 000.
Stevo was dating Pritty Vishy at this time and he was allowed to visit her place regularly.
MIB never explored other avenues for income generation for Stevo, only focusing on music.
Stevo was to launch a soft drink company in August with his tagline 'Freshi Barida'.
"He is not an expensive artiste and we spent at least Sh500K on him," Vaga said
The contract between MIB and Stevo was terminated recently and he was given 35 days for negotiations, transition, and handover with full access to all his social media pages.
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