I've always believed that the artiste is the one who has his pulse on the society and who, in many ways, represents the conscience of society in terms of engaging standards that we need to live by.
It's really easy to project this whole ideology of what being an artiste is, and I'm just not down with intellectualizing it. I just think, if you feel like doing something, then do it.
Yes, Bounty is still a b mobile artiste but his contract expires at the end of May coming, but they normally renew it every year.
You have to be careful (in accusing people of taking bribes), because sometimes what people perceive to be payola really isn't. The disc jock might just like what this artiste or label does, or get lots of request from the public.