Author: Hot Source

Nigerian rapper, Emeka Akumefule, popularly known as Blaqbonez, has claimed that the music industry is “very wicked.”

He expressed strong concern over excessive egos and lack of support among musicians. 

The ‘Chanel’ crooner lamented that he always supports his colleagues when they release new music by sharing it on his social media pages but they often ignore him whenever he needs their support. 

On his X handle, he wrote, “I think this [music] industry is very wicked because since i dropped Chanel, none of my peers have posted it. 

“@Drake I posted yours last week, @centralcee @1future @1GunnaGunna I support you when you drop but when i put out the biggest song of the summer its crickets, the double standards.”

This is not the first time Blaqbonez will be making allegations against his colleagues and the music industry generally. 

In 2023, he accused some of his colleagues of using streaming farms to artificially inflate their music streams and manipulate charts. 

Despite music executive Don Jazzy, rapper Odumodublvck and others debunking Blaqbonez’s claims, he maintained that stream farming was real and has done “irreversible damage” to the Nigerian music industry. 

‘Music industry very wicked’ – Blaqbonez

Record producer and musician Osabuohien Osaretin, popularly known as Sarz, has opened up about how excessive ego prevented him from collaborating with most of his colleagues.

In a candid interview with The Fadar, the ‘Back Outside’ crooner admitted that he was “very hot-headed” initially and presumed most of his colleagues to be beneath him.

The 37-year-old explained that, however, with time, he realised that he is doesn’t “know it all.”

Sarz said that realisation opened him to working with and learning from anyone in the industry, including newbies. 

“When I started making music, I was very hot-headed. I really wanted to impress everybody. I just thought I was the best thing to exist in music. 

“But now I understand that I don’t know it all. I’m always willing to learn from anyone—even someone that just started yesterday,” he said. 

‘I was hot-headed, thought I was best in music industry’ – Sarz