I’ve survived on a woman’s money, most male artists do - Feffe Bussi

“Things have changed; you need to understand that we used to be on analogue, now we are digital,” said the 30-year-old singer and rapper on the Love Life Uncensored show.

“From time immemorial, it was the women asking for money from men, not things have changed.”

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In the music industry, Bussi says, male artists' dependence financially on women has been exacerbated by economic stresses brought by the high competition in the industry.

But also, thanks to the widening access to the internet, artists don't have to go out at night to hunt for sugar mummies. 

Instead, Bussi says, they have resorted to “thirst trapping” online, also known as “kwetega.”

“The internet is everywhere now, so the boys just hit the gym and then they go online. You don’t have to go out pursuing women; the women will come looking for you.”

Although he’s now self-reliant, the ‘Massape’ singer admitted in the interview that he once depended on a young woman’s cash hand-outs when he’d just started singing.

“This lady was so gorgeous and young and she gave me money, but I didn't know where it was coming from because she was not working,” he recalled.

“At the time I was still new, I had like two songs. But this girl would send me like Shs 50,000, which was a lot. And it hurts eating something you don’t know where it is coming from.”

Overcome by curiosity, Bussi once sent out to investigate the source of the money. He says he first checked her phone and got no clues, until he landed on a Whatsapp conversation with her best friend. 

Turns out, the young woman was taking money from another man and sending it to him.

Although they loved each other very much, Bussi says he made a decision to end the relationship.