The Afrotainment and Big Nuz split (Details)

Fans have been left scratching their heads in confusion after it was confirmed recently that Big Nuz had “parted ways” with record label Afrotainment, with the group’s Mampintsha hinting at tension between himself and DJ Tira, and Tira denying the label was jealous of Mampintsha’s business success.

DJ Tira settled months of speculation about the group, revealing in a statement on Sunday that the popular Kwaito group was no longer part of the label that discovered them.

The news left fans shook and they flocked onto social media to share their thoughts on the split.

What Afrotainment said

As attention started to turn to questions about the split, Mampintsha told Gagasi FM that the group never said they wanted to leave but started noticing a deterioration in his own relationship with Tira and Afrotainment.

“To, to be honest, the whole thing between Big Nuz leaving Afrotainment was because of my company, from the day I started having a company, things started to not go well. Friendships started to become shaky.

“Even when I got Babes, I became someone who people gossiped about, even to this day I’m being gossiped about. So that’s the true story, no one said they wanted to leave, I never wanted to leave, I’ve never spoken about Tira or Afrotainment I just want to develop my own company. You’ll see that there was a time Big Nuz didn’t record for an entire year, so at that time I was busy developing my own artist (Babes Wodumo).”

Mampintsha also suggested that since he had signed Babes, Tira had stopped working on Big Nuz and shifted his attention to replicating Mampintsha’s success.