Nigerian artist, Oluwajuwonlo Iledare, professionally known as Jaywon, has blamed late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad as the cause of the main problem that led to his death.
Jaywon, who after leaving Kennis Music, founded the Next World Music record label in 2013, said Mohbad’s exit from Marlian Record Label was premature.
In an interview with Daily Trust, Jaywon, criticized Mohbad’s actions of walking out on the deal and starting his record label without the court’s decision on the contract’s termination.
Jaywon believed that Mohbad’s difficulties primarily stemmed from the people surrounding him, emphasizing that he had more enemies than friends.
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He said; “Rest In Peace to Mohbad! I am not trying to disrespect the dead but I feel like Mohbad contributed to his problems. I will say it respectfully because he is no more here.
“First, signing to a record label is not poverty alleviation. When you sign a deal, you cannot wake up one day and say you want to walk out on the deal then decide you want to start your record label when the court has not decided that the contract is terminated. That was what he did and there was nobody to tell him that he cannot do that.
“I feel like Mohbad’s biggest problem were the people around him. He had more enemies than friends around him. There was a video I made and stated that he had been troubled for the longest time. He had trouble in his family, relationship, record label, only one person. So, when you talk about cabal, sometimes we the artistes are the cause of our problems.
“He was young and that is why I am going to say this respectfully, he did not know better because he was inexperienced. Sometimes, you need to watch people around you closely. How do you keep a friend who stayed with a record label that you fought with? When you sign a deal, you need to wait for the deal to expire before you go. It is not poverty alleviation. We are all fighting for justice over his death because all the people who have a hand in his death must pay. I am saying all these for the younger generation of artistes to learn.
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“Some people don’t know that, if care is not taken, Marlian Music can claim all of Mohbad’s songs that are trending and get royalties because if he still has an existing contract with Marlian Music, they can take those songs and nothing would happen, as far as it is in the existing contract they signed.
“One of the hardest things about leaving a label is buying yourself out. That is what artistes do not understand. If a record label spends one billion on an artiste, they can claim 200 billion and the only way to leave is to pay, if not you are going nowhere.”