{"id":40963,"date":"2025-11-07T17:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=40963"},"modified":"2025-11-07T17:11:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:11:14","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsykes-exposes-record-label-for-allegedly-demanding-r250k-to-end-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/07\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignsykes-exposes-record-label-for-allegedly-demanding-r250k-to-end-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Sykes exposes record label for allegedly demanding R250k to end contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187244\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187244\" class=\"wp-image-187244 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sykes-exposes-record-label-for-allegedly-demanding-R250k-to-end.jpg?resize=600%2C463&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sykes-exposes-record-label-for-allegedly-demanding-R250k-to-end.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Sykes-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sykes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>South African artist Ayabonga Zuma, popularly known as Sykes, has come forward with shocking claims about his former record label.<\/p>\n<p>The<em> uMa weNgane<\/em> hitmaker recently revealed in an interview that he had to pay a staggering R250,000 to secure his release from the label.<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared by STRAATATUBE on YouTube, Sykes detailed how the label presented him with a spreadsheet listing supposed expenses that he was allegedly responsible for repaying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore I could leave, they gave me a spreadsheet for R250,000 for groceries that I didn\u2019t even eat, per year,\u201d he said, visibly frustrated by the experience.<\/p>\n<p>The singer explained that despite never receiving any payment from the label, he was still expected to settle the hefty amount.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to pay for it myself, but I was never paid. But by God\u2019s grace, I managed to give them the money and leave,\u201d Sykes added.<\/p>\n<p>Now operating as an independent artist, Sykes seems determined to move forward from the ordeal.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Sykes #exposes #record #label #allegedly #demanding #R250k #contract<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Sykes South African artist Ayabonga Zuma, popularly known as Sykes, has come forward with shocking claims about his former&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40963"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40965,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40963\/revisions\/40965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}