- Popular Nigerian singers Flavour and Kcee seems to be at loggerheads on social media
- Flavour seemingly threw shade at Kcee describing him as a copycat following a new single Kcee released
- In response, Kcee lambasted Flavour for his shade alleging he (Kcee) copied Flavour’s song. The heated response generated reactions from netizens
Nigerian singer Kingsley Okonkwo, popularly known as Kcee, and his colleague Chinedu Okolie, better known as Flavour N’abani, got into a heated trade of words over alleged copyright infringement.
The Igbo Highlife singer, Flavour earlier tweeted a seemingly shade at a colleague without mentioning any name describing the person as a copycat.
Flavour’s tweet followed Kcee’s recently announced new track, Netfliss, with snippets of the music video. Netizens had pointed out the similarities of Kcee’s newly released Netfliss with Flavour’s hit song, Doings.
Responding to Flavour’s supposed shade, Kcee lambasted Flavour in a series of tweets on his official X (formerly Twitter) page on Tuesday, October 29.
The Ojapiano crooner made it clear that he was not on the same level with Flavour and advised him (Flavour) to pick his battles well.
Kcee also claimed that Flavour was gatekeeping the Igbo culture, which should not be the case because he (Flavour) was not its custodian.
“I've never been the type to go head to head, but I'm calling out this bullshit because I won't be disrespected. No way... I've come too far for anyone to downplay my sweats and hard work. HELL NO!!!!
People recognize authenticity. I'll continue celebrating our culture unapologetically. Spend your energy on success, not diminishing mine.” Kcee tweeted.
Netizens react to Kcee's outburst over copyright infringement allegations
TheRadar curated some below:
@MrEnugu1 said, “You stole Ojapiano from Kolaboy. The young dude respected you even when you were acting like you started everything about Ojapiano. You keep stealing people's style.”
@EzeChineduChri1 wrote, “Limpopo was the last song he sang that he didn't steal. That his praise of Highlife was a people song he stole. Bro keeps stealing songs.”
@ruggedpriest14 said, “Imagine KCee telling flavour that they are not on the same level. Una Dey get Audacity.”
@MrOlibaba said, “But you sef see am na, I can't listen to that song without thinking it's not Flavour's song. You can do better bro.”
@FrankWriter1 said, “Oh, how come you know the stray bullet was meant for you even when the tweet didn't mention anybody's name.”
@SlickRule said, “Which level? Comot E'Money where eh reach you and Flavor?”
@Dollarb2 said, “Are you really comparing yourself to flavour? Dude, gbaruo ọgwụ gi nwọ . Flavour is known for his niche in the music industry, I dont think we can say that about you.”
Nasboi: 6 copyright infringement accusations in Nigerian music industry
Earlier, TheRadar reported that Veteran Nigerian singer Friday Igweh, popularly known as Baba Fryo, called out Nasboi over copyright infringement.
Baba Fryo alleged that Nasboi copied part of his lyrics on Denge Pose, which was infused into Nasboi’s latest song, Short Skirt. This prompted a highlight of six copyright infringement accusations in the Nigerian music industry.
