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Davido Didn’t Buy Instagram Followers – Manager
Nigerian singer, Davido, who recently got caught up in an allegation that he bought Instagram followers has been defended by his manager, Babatunde Oyebode, popularly known as Baudex in the entertainment circles.
Last week, reports went viral that Davido’s over seven million followers on Instagram might have been cloned or fake followers. This was based on an accusation by two Instagram users a Kinglucyy and Amarabush who said the total number of ‘comments’ shown on Davido’s Instagram page don’t tally with actual number of comments displayed.
Baydex noted that the two Instagram users, who went to a great deal of trouble to count the numbers of comments displayed on Davido’s Instagram page against the number of actual ‘comment’ on the page were wrongly guarded because of the inadequacy of their knowledge of how the Instagram works.
“The point those users made was out of ignorance. They said Instagram show that Davido has 1000 comments, meanwhile, he took his time to count those comments by himself and he counted only 217 or something and he said because of that, it means Davido bought followers, it does not make sense.
“This is how the algorithm works, the same thing happens to every celebrity Instagram, it happens to me also, where one can’t count every comment that was posted.
This is because I use this Instagram comment option that allows me to filter the comments that people see.
“If I don’t want any of my followers to see comments that have vulgar words or span comments, I would ask Instagram not to show comments that have such words in it, these comments still count as part of my comments; but they just can’t be seen.
“All you have to do is go to settings, comment controls, they will see “hide offensive comments” and that will automatically hide comments that may be offensive from your post, then manual fitter where you could add any set of words that you don’t like.
“For me I don’t like people asking me to follow them, so I added follow to my words, so if you ask me to ‘follow’, it will not show on my page, but will still count as a comment on my page”, he said.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.