10 Jaywon vs Kennis Music
Citing differences in vision, and the fact that Kennis Music was not keeping their end of the contract he signed with them, Jaywon sought to leave the label in 2014. In response, Kennis Music wrote:
“Iledare Oluwajuwonlo James aka Jaywon has written a letter via his lawyer requesting for his contract with Kennis Music to be terminated. JAYWON wrote, in the same letter, his readiness and willingness to pay off all costs therein accordingly. However, Kennis Music has urged the Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria and all broadcasters on all platforms to Un-list the works (Either single performances or collaborations) of Jaywon from their respective rotational play lists until his request to buy over his contract is fully completed to avoid litigation.”
This basically put a stop to Jaywon’s career and he was advised to go beg Kenny Ogungbe. His career has not been the same since then. But in all fairness, neither has the career of the label, Kennis Music.
11 May D vs Square Records
While other acts on this list sought to terminate their contracts with their labels, Square records, in a twist, were the ones who sacked their artiste, May D in 2012. Label exec, Jude Okoye made the announcement, in a terse statement that cited irreconcilable differences as reason for the ‘sacking’. It has been said that the label dropped May D because he was not as profitable as they thought he’d be. But it must have gone beyond that because they went a step further to delete his music from YouTube – sparking outrage from fans of May D, who thought they were being wicked. May D on the other hand has said he wasn’t given prior notice, and saw the news of his sacking online as well. He has struggled since then and right now, not much is known about the whereabouts of the once-promising talent. Square Records has remained relevant, because of PSquare – but the duo have fallen apart and gone solo – story for another day.
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