Kia Shines spreads light on what happened at the SEA Awards. He wants the TRUTH to be told!
United States of America (Press Release) January 31, 2008 --
“The Truth Hurts”
While in Miami Filming the MTV Jams Show "Hoodfab" this weekend, I kept receiving phone calls and emails in regard to Wendy Day bashing my CD sales and my current label status with Universal Motown. A friend of mine sent me a visual of the comments that were made.
She made statements about me having poor first week sales and went on to say that is why I was dropped from Universal Motown and that I was making Memphis Artist look bad because of this, and that I wasn’t making any money for myself or my label. She also went on to say that my CD had no substance. Why she choose to speak on my business without consulting with me first to make sure what she was saying was indeed TRUE is beyond me, Why she choose to come to Memphis at this "open forum" and say these things about me is also beyond me.
So When I arrived in Memphis on Sunday to present my award at the SEA's I felt it only right to address these statements in an "open forum" just as she did at the earlier conferences. I explained that CD sales are down across the board especially with rap, but that the real money was in the ownership of your digital downloads, ringtones, ringbacks and live shows. I explained that I owned all of those digital formats of my music and that I was making money off that, despite what Wendy Day had said prior about me not making any money back for myself or Universal Motown. I said that I am too blessed to be stressed about some lady who is bitter about not making any money in Memphis.
I also stated that I had just shot 2 videos in MEMPHIS that are playing currently on MTV AND BET and that helps shed light on my city. The crowd cheered and applauded to my statements and I left the stage after presenting my award. After doing so Wendy, who walked on stage while I was talking, tried to grab my arm and speak to me, she asked did she offend me with her statements, I responded damn right, and pulled away, she again tried to talk to me when I got off the stage, while conversating with her, I was hit from the back, which I feel was a bitch move, Wendy and I were talking, not fighting, and the situation was between me and her, so for someone to hit me from the blindside when the situation did not involve them was a cowardly move.
Immediately after being hit, I begin to fire back at the 3 or 4 individuals that were around me. The person who passed the first lick, RAN AWAY, like a coward. My brother Dirty Fresh of the group Streetknok jumped in and hit a few individuals as well, then Sonny Black & Jack Frost jumped in and we pretty much had the situation handled, at that time the cops came and sprayed mace on us. I understand why, because they didn't see the first punch that was thrown by the cowards, they just saw me and my team handling our business and getting the better end of the cowards that started the brawl. They threw me and my guys out, and that is the exact way it went down.
While in Miami Filming the MTV Jams Show "Hoodfab" this weekend, I kept receiving phone calls and emails in regard to Wendy Day bashing my CD sales and my current label status with Universal Motown. A friend of mine sent me a visual of the comments that were made.
She made statements about me having poor first week sales and went on to say that is why I was dropped from Universal Motown and that I was making Memphis Artist look bad because of this, and that I wasn’t making any money for myself or my label. She also went on to say that my CD had no substance. Why she choose to speak on my business without consulting with me first to make sure what she was saying was indeed TRUE is beyond me, Why she choose to come to Memphis at this "open forum" and say these things about me is also beyond me.
So When I arrived in Memphis on Sunday to present my award at the SEA's I felt it only right to address these statements in an "open forum" just as she did at the earlier conferences. I explained that CD sales are down across the board especially with rap, but that the real money was in the ownership of your digital downloads, ringtones, ringbacks and live shows. I explained that I owned all of those digital formats of my music and that I was making money off that, despite what Wendy Day had said prior about me not making any money back for myself or Universal Motown. I said that I am too blessed to be stressed about some lady who is bitter about not making any money in Memphis.
I also stated that I had just shot 2 videos in MEMPHIS that are playing currently on MTV AND BET and that helps shed light on my city. The crowd cheered and applauded to my statements and I left the stage after presenting my award. After doing so Wendy, who walked on stage while I was talking, tried to grab my arm and speak to me, she asked did she offend me with her statements, I responded damn right, and pulled away, she again tried to talk to me when I got off the stage, while conversating with her, I was hit from the back, which I feel was a bitch move, Wendy and I were talking, not fighting, and the situation was between me and her, so for someone to hit me from the blindside when the situation did not involve them was a cowardly move.
Immediately after being hit, I begin to fire back at the 3 or 4 individuals that were around me. The person who passed the first lick, RAN AWAY, like a coward. My brother Dirty Fresh of the group Streetknok jumped in and hit a few individuals as well, then Sonny Black & Jack Frost jumped in and we pretty much had the situation handled, at that time the cops came and sprayed mace on us. I understand why, because they didn't see the first punch that was thrown by the cowards, they just saw me and my team handling our business and getting the better end of the cowards that started the brawl. They threw me and my guys out, and that is the exact way it went down.
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