Nigerian singer Kingsley Chinweike Okonkwo, aka Kcee, and his colleague, highlife musician Chinedu Okoli, aka Flavour, are at loggerheads over alleged plagiarism.
Trouble started when Flavour took to his official X handle (formerly Twitter) on Monday to throw a shade at someone in the music industry for copying him.
“Copy copy akaria.” Flavour wrote.
It didn’t take long for close observers to decipher that Flavour was indirectly referring to Kcee, who recently veered into Afropop, highlife, and Igbo cultural music.
It did not take long for Kcee to reply to Flavour in a post on his X handle where he stated that he (Flavour) was not on his level and also used the medium to tell him to choose his battles wisely.
Kcee also cautioned Flavour to quit attempting to gate-keep Igbo indigenous music and he also noted that he was in the music business before the ‘Ada Ada’ crooner.
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Kcee wrote thus in reply to Flavour, “Bro, We are not on the same level. Pick your battles carefully.
“Stop trying to gatekeep Igbo culture. You’re not a Custodian.
“I’ve been in this game before you.
“It belongs to all.
“You don’t own this genre of music.
“My music celebrates our heritage, and I won’t apologize.
“In an ocean of things that matter. You’re like a needle.
“Get that right
“People recognize authenticity. I’ll continue celebrating our culture unapologetically. Spend your energy on success, not diminishing mine.”
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