Singer Oludipe Oluwasanmi David a.k.a Spyro and music executive Paulo Okoye have been exchanging words about who is lying or telling the truth after the “Who’s Your Guy” crooner accused his record label of ill-treatment.
Spyro had alleged during an interview that his label owned by Paulo did not support him and had to take loans to push his music: “I was signed to a record label owned by a billionaire who owns like 3 Rolls Royce… but I was signed, and nothing was happening. I wasn’t even getting a dime,”
But Paulo shared on his Instagram details of funds advanced to Spyro: “Wow wow – 2017. Spyro expenses 4.2m + 2 music video + first ever travel, Dubai, UK etc. Flight, hotel etc. Total spend N12m. Money made with Spyro = 0KoboNaira. But it is well, I’m happy for him”.
Spyro debunked the claims: “I didn’t lie, Oga @pauloo2104. Your sheets further prove my point, and these travel figures tho. I didn’t vet it because I remember being chased out of my hotel after One Africa at Wembley because the room was booked for one day and I was in the cold for hours before @superkunle got his sister to book me an Airbnb, was there without food and the lady in the house was the one that fed me for two days before I moved my flight forward and ran to Lagos and till date nobody asked how I fared.
“I am a very appreciative person, and you know it, sir. I appreciate you for putting me on all, and this was all part of the process for me to be the Spyro I am today, and of this, I am grateful, and Baba, if we are to say the truth, you know you and I are cool to date. We did a tour together recently, and you were really nice, we had fun. All love baba
“Should I also go into detail about how upcoming artists are treated by label workers? Oh, I was treated like shit, like my words meant nothing. I was battling an inferiority complex at that point, and they made it worse. One of the workers one day then spoke to me like I didn’t even exist. I reported the case to Oga Paulo, and in all fairness, he handled it well and scolded the person, but he was never present in the country most of the time. If I begin to talk wetin my eyes see, but that’s no talk for today, but yeah, no one cares how the artiste feels; after all, he is just an acquired commodity. This was me as a graduate of the University of Ibadan. I saw hell”.
