Whoever said “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” never had holes in their pockets where their money should be, angry promoters calling from 5 different places on the same night–in and out of the country asking why they missed a show, or thousands of followers being swayed by a number of bogus social media accounts all in their name and image. Yup…Beware All Promoters, Fans and Booking Agents for the Scam Artists: Rich Homie Quan Impersonators Booking Clubs and Shows!!!
It’s been a fast hard road for the Atlanta native who’s been rising to the top ever since a number of his features and mixtapes hit the scene. But you could guess Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems as now Rich Homie Quan Impersonators Booking Clubs and Shows in a major career threatening way.
“About a year ago, people started contacting me on my DM in my Instagram and would ask me if Quan was booked in certain different places,” says Demonta Gibson, better known as Monta, who has been Rich Homie Quan’s manager for the better part of a decade. “We thought we got to the bottom of that issue then. Then things started picking up at a different pace; we would get phone calls and people would pick the phone up and just start cursing, ‘Quan missed my show last night!’”
Rich Homie Quan Impersonators Booking Clubs and Shows as he’s one of many artists who are targeted by con-artists claiming their identities and taking that acting to the fullest. These days scammers are using social media to get directly at club managers, agents and fans. So what, you ask???: Club appearances and the like aren’t just about gigs, they’re about relationships. And the cost of repairing bad business can be steep if not too complicated to ever really repair. Booking agent Chris Dual explains:
“It’s becoming so… It’s happening way too much, whether it’s people on the inside doing it, or somebody else,” Dual says, lamenting the cost and time it takes to recover the money and trust lost. “It’s kind of like marriage; it’s gonna cost you a couple thousand to get the ring on her hand, and then it’ll cost you $30,000 or $40,000 to get out of it.”
Daaaaamn…also in Rich Homie Quan Impersonators Booking Clubs and Shows:
“For the promoter, there’s a lot of money and credibility on the line. For a performer, even though the scam doesn’t involve them directly in any way, the effect can be that much more costly. Gibson estimates that Quan has fallen victim to fake bookings at least seven times in the past couple months alone, from Pittsburgh to the Bahamas and throughout the South, and it’s had a damaging affect on Quan’s shows.”
Wow. Sources say artists such as Nicki Minaj, Young Thug, Migos, Meek Mill and more have faced the same growing problems with little to no solutions yet. We’re definitely in the age of AI: Artificial Identities…might want to check who your following and paying to see from now on (SMH). For people like Quan who pride themselves on an independent come-up and are out for longevity, impersonators are killing the game in a bad way.
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