Top Artistes Who Parted Ways With Their Record Label

 

 Jesse Jagz
The breakup Bug hit Chocolate city badly, starting with Jesse Jagz. He Left and formed his own Record Label , Jesse Jags Nation .Jesse Jagz, 28, was signed to the label along with his elder brother Jude ‘M.I’ Abaga in 2008.
Although it came as quite a shock to plenty of people. Close sources to Jesse Jagz and Chocolate city tell us war has been brewing between the ‘Wetin dey’ singer and the hip-hop label.
According to a reliable source, Jagz, ‘was fed up with the way the label was handling his career and decided to frustrate them in return.’
There are very strong claims that Jesse Jagz, a truly talented rapper and producer, is a Marijuana addict.

 

 Brymo
One of the Revelations under Choc City shocked the Entertainment industry in Nigeria when he decided to call it quits with the M.I and Choc City after 3 years of being together.
The Bug hit Chocolate city twice as not too long after Jesse Jags left, brymo also left May 2013. He left the record label and released a new album, Mechant Dealers & Slaves in October . It was not a mutual breakup as Chocolate city insisted that he was still with them under his contract till 2016 . It was that bad that it beacame a Legal case .
It was said that when Chocolate city consistently failed to fulfill its obligations under the contract and rather than resolve amicably, the label is devising strategies to ensure that the Artiste remains unproductive.
“I’ve been very loyal to the contract, working hard to be heard, but I’ve been cheated by Chocolate city,” brymo lamented.

 

May D
Another Split was that of May D leaving Square Records.  It was said that May D was not happy at square records and he felt that they were not doing much for his career. A press release said
“I, JUDE ‘ENGEES’ OKOYE of Square Records Limited and Northside Entertainment Limited hereby announces to the general public that Mr. Akinmayokun Awodumila, otherwise known as MAY D is no longer an artiste under the aforementioned outfits due to irreconcilable differences. We at Northside and Square Records wish him all the best in his career and life.”
May D has been doing very well after then with various collabos including the Happy with Mafikozulo.

Wande Coal
He left Mavin Records to set up  his Black Diamond Entertainment outfit taking along with him the Mavin official disc jockey, DJ Spinall. Along with his manager, Nana Abbey, Wande now operates on his own.
Some sources says that the reason Wande did not sign with Mavin when the record label launched was that he strongly believes Mavin Records cannot move his career to the next level and disagreement over sharing of monies with Wande not willing to shift ground on 10% with Mavin asking for 20%.
Though before the confirmation, it was gathered that Jazzy slammed his former label mate, Wande Coal, for allegedly stealing one of his songs titled ‘Baby face’   and shortly after, Don Jazzy took to twitter to make a quick rant not divulging details.

 Seyi Shay

The UK returnee Nigerian pop singer Seyi Shay ended her deal with  Flytime Promotions/Records outfit  headed by Cecil Hammond. Seyi has signed a new deal with a UK-Nigerian based management company J-Management who released a statement announcing the deal along with two promo singles.
An official statement from J-Management reads ‘Seyi Shay has officially signed a new partnership deal with international talent company J-Management following a pilot collaboration‘. And for confirmation of the breakup, Bayo Akande, a rep for J-Management said ‘Yes it’s true, she left a while back, we’ve been working on this for a while‘
It was in 2011 that Seyi Shay joined Hammond and Flytime and also  another returnee Tiwa Savage  later left his outfit to sign with Don Jazzy‘s Mavin Records in  2012. Two very talented artistes leaving Flytime records within a short span of time can be heartbreaking.
We Don’t wish for anymore break-ups but let us know what you think about this break-ups?

 Skales
The Handsome artistes with various tracks on his mix such as Denge Pose, Take care of me e.t.c.
It is reported that Dem Mama records have signed Skales but there is no official statement yet. Skales left E.M.E after his contract was terminated after 3 years and no fruitful growth.