Code Red Pay Scandal; Who’s Fooling Who?

In yesterday’s Pulse Magazine, it was reported that DJ Kaytrixx had quit the Code Red DJs company, and gone solo. He is quoted as saying,

Imagine I’m paid peanuts for my work – Sh. 17, 000 – from the amount he (DJ Stylez) gets from Str8Up monthly and it comes late. I also get Sh. 2, 000 – 3, 000 for playing in other gigs from Code Red.

At first, we at KenyanLyrics were incredibly alarmed that DJ Kaytrixx, who can honestly be called a top DJ in Kenya right now, can be paid only Sh. 17, 000 for a daily, 1-2 hour, nationwide show, in which there are less than 10 cast members who appear on air. On top of that, being paid 2, 000 – 3, 000 per show just seems like pure slavery!

However, hawk-eyed analysts from our news team were quick to notice some discrepancies in that story. First came the claim from Kaytrixx that he was not involved in the Madtraxx vs. Bamzigi Twitter beef. He claimed,

Someone in the (Code Red) stable was using my account to hit at Bamzi who quit Red Republik.

It sounded a bit fishy that Kaytrixx had left his Twitter profile to someone else at a time like that, when Code Red members were coming to the defence of their friend Madtraxx, but many people are guilty of forgetting to log out of their social profiles.

Also, today a picture containing a copy of Kaytrixx’s paycheck was leaked. The cheque shows Kaytrixx earning a monthly salary of 64, 000. Way more than the figures which were quoted in the Pulse:

Kaytrixx’s Payslip

However, it looks to us like this is a digital snaphsot of a live spreadsheet, which could have been manipulated in any way before being released.

The most damning piece of evidence that leaves a big stench around this whole story, is the fact that Kaytrixx today used his twitter profile to rubbish the Pulse story, and put to shame whoever released the salary figures!

With all these accusations and claims being passed around back and forth, the question that remains is… who’s fooling who?