We're counting down the hours till one of the biggest events the culture has ever seen. Cotton Fest 2022 was feared to not commence due to the untimely passing of Riky Rick, the founder. But in keeping his spirits alive, event organisers decided to continue with Cotton Fest but just days before the event, why are people re-selling their tickets?
Cotton Fest has been advertising their event all over the socials and reminding cotton eaters that late registrations are still open. But with their recent social media posts, the folded quickly when they revealed the requirements to enter the venue.
Some requirements include non selling of tickets at the gate, no camera's and no glasses allowed. No chairs, cooler boxes, food, drinks and hubbly allowed.
In order to enter the venue, people must bring the following, copy of identity document, proof of vaccination, debit/credit cards or cash may be carried. In addition to that, people must bring a cool attitude and be swagged up.
If people are not vaccinated, then they should bring their ID's or negative COVID tests not older than 72 hours prior to the event.
Many people said "andizi" and decided to ditch the event by selling their tickets.
Here are some of the tweets:
Ricky rick was all about putting on the young ones, now up and coming photographers won't be given a chance to pay their last respect through their lenses..that sucks.. #CottonFest2022
#cottonfest2022 just folded & delete their tweet about their requirements at the gate 👀👀 coz alot of people felt like it's alot of Admin & were starting to sell their tickets... Aii norrr you guys are boss😂😅
Cotton Fest 2022 boasts a star-studded lineup of some of music's heavyweights spanning from different genres. These include AKA, Cassper Nyovest, Big Zulu and Boity, who represent the Hip Hop genre. We also have the multi talented Sjava who dabbles in many genres. Then we can see a pretty large Amapiano presence which had people talking in disapproval.
The hosts of the 2-day event are Lula Odiba from YFM, MTVBase's Tshego Koke, Riky Rick's protégé Uncle Vinny and comedian who also is an Amapiano artist Robot Boii.
Riky said this about the event before his passing, “This year we bring you the UNIVERSITY OF COTTON FEST. Our multi-layered festival campus experience includes 3 stages featuring over 100 of South Africa’s finest performers and DJs.” wrote Ricky.
Despite speaking numerous times that he and Riky were looking to iron things out, Cassper's inclusion to Cotton Fest still does not sit well with people.
Yes, they never saw eye to eye, but this was the year they would have laid things to rest. But he had a few good things to say to him.
“Riky was one of my idols. Riky was everything I wanted to be. One of the things I never told him — I don't know if it's because of toxic masculinity or what — was the fact that I really said he was such a beautiful man ... Riky was so handsome that, even as a guy, you'd have that said that 'Hayi man! The broer is too much!' Not only was his appearance beautiful but he was a beautiful soul.”
“It's so crazy that now, everyone is cheering Riky on for the things that he did, but while he was alive he didn't get that love.”
He also spoke about the time they met which was through social media.
“Riky and I met on Facebook. The same way Riky Rick reached out to all the kids. At one point I was also just another kid from Maftown and it wasn't really easy to move in Johannesburg, but he still had the time for me and he did that for hundreds of people after me.
“I then ended up forming a relationship with him, a friendship where we would not only talk about music but we would talk about life. One of the things that I loved about Riky was how honest he was. Riky would tell you the truth,” he said.
