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N5bn Debt: Skales Drops Manager
After the whole
brouhaha about five billion naira debt, Singer Skales has ‘parted ways with long time manager, Osagie Osarenkhoe, who has been tasked to step down as the artiste’s manager and representative. According to our source, the ‘Shakebody’ crooner has been exonerated from all fraud-related charges and has now signed a new management and PR deal with All-front and personnel led by Paul Okoye.
Upfront booking will now handle his management as well as PR and also double as the official booking agency for baseline records. The agency is responsible for managing other top artists including Seyi Shay and Wande Coal to name a few.
It was also revealed that the new management will see Skales continue to record and release music under Baseline record, while Osagie will refund a portion of the money she was accused of not remitting to the label and diverting into personal account.
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.