Ali Baba who has now become something like a social commentator has made a list of the things that can destroy an artiste's career.
SOME 50 THINGS THAT CAN KILL AN ARTISTE’S CAREER
1. Not understanding the business
2. Failure to research
3. Poor financial management skills
4. Charges and discounts
5. Pride and arrogance
6. Expensive Lifestyle
7. Taking game changers for granted
8. Bad health
9. Peer pressure
10. Lack of quality education
11. Wicked contracts
12. Failure to take risks
13. Not matching up to competition
14. Not networking
15. Failure to weigh consequences of decisions
16. Wanting to be everything
17. Hangers on who don’t build or contribute but only take
18. I have arrived
19. Side chicks
20. India hemp
21. Complacency
22. Bad PR
23. Rent
24. Baby momma
25. Facing the future with old ideas
26. Stingy and selfish
27. Can’t think for themselves and won’t pay someone who can
28. Not IT compliant.
29. Keeping up appearances
30. Lack of integrity
31. Bad company
32. Bad habits
33. Alcohol
34. No self confidence
35. Bad belle journalists
36. Wrong advices
37. That stalker you said NOOOO! To
38. Beef aka jealousy
39. No set goals
40. No mentors and role models
41. Karma
42. Afowofa
43. No career review mechanism
44. Poor choice of life partners
45. Waiting for someone to make you a success
46. Weak upbringing
47. Home trouble
48. Unnecessary rivalry
49. Controversy
50. Lack of a structured industry #BeenThereDoneThat #IknowWhereTheBodiesAreBuried #BeVeryAware #ShowBiz #Artistes #BusinessIdeas #TalentIsNotEnough