Music News | 15 October 2016 19:52 CET

Controversy trails B-Red’s new song ‘Dele’

Source: vanguardngr.com

By Tofarati Ige
Some months ago, the media was awash with the news of an alleged rift between singer, B-Red and his more popular cousin, Davido. It was said that B-Red wasn't pleased with Davido's new signee at the time, Mayorkun.

Some reports actually went further to state that B-Red was jealous of Mayorkun. At the time, Davido had also taken to his social media page to rail at his cousin who is signed to HKN Music, that, despite all what he has done for him, the dude has still yet to hug the limelight. It was this rift that reportedly led to Davido setting up a new record label, Davido Music Worldwide (DMW).

However, the latest gist is that B-Red allegedly bought his latest song, 'Dele' from an unknown artiste. 'Dele,' a beautiful love song, talks about a guy who falls in love with a girl, and intends to take her home to mama.

According to the peddlers of the new gist, 'Dele' doesn't follow B-Red's style of rap-songs. They also argued that based on his past songs, B-Red does not have the creative expertise to pen such a melodic song.

However, in the course of Showtime's investigations, a source close to B-Red pooh-poohed the claims that B-Red bought the song. In his words, “Music is all about evolution. An artiste that does not grow will not last. After his past efforts, B-Red decided to take a break and re-strategise, and the result is 'Dele.' Even if he bought the song, is that a crime? That is the problem with Nigerians; we are too judgmental without considering facts. International artistes buy songs, and there's no big deal in it. Anyway, a lot of people are already loving the song, and that's what's important.”

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