Winner of the Big Brother Naija ‘LockDown’ edition cum singer, Laycon, has called out DJ Neptune over alleged unpaid royalties for their collaboration.
The reality TV star, in a post via his X handle claimed that DJ Neptune is yet to pay him for their collaborative song ‘Nobody (Icons remix)’.
Laycon said Neptune has been silent for four years, urging the artiste to adhere to agreements in the music industry.
He wrote: “Abeg o, DJ Neptune how far my agreement and split for the ‘Nobody (Icons Remix)’ song though. Is it not still ready? Haba it’s been 4 years.”
In other news, veteran Nigerian singer, Alexander Akande, popularly known as 9ice, has said that he copied Haitian rapper, Wyclef Jean, in the early days of his career.
He stated that he was not the only Nigerian artist copying Wyclef’s sound back then, but he was better than the rest.
The Photocopy crooner stated this in an interview with SPS.
He disclosed that he stopped copying Wyclef after he discovered his own sound.
The singer said, “My inspiration was Wyclef [Jean]. If anybody listened to me at the beginning, there was a time I was sounding like Wyclef 100 per cent. And there were other people that were sounding like him but they felt that I sounded better than them when it comes to sounding like Wyclef.“
