Flavour has been accused of abandoning his close friend Mc Loph's now
late mum and son after his death. But in a recent interview, Flavour
broke his silence and cleared the air about his relationship with the
late singer.
Excerpts:
- The death of your colleague, MC Loph, generated a lot of
controversies; it was alleged that you abandoned his mother when he died.
MC Loph and I weren’t as close as people thought. I met Loph through Mr.
Raw when I came to Lagos. He wanted me to produce for him the same way I
was producing for Mr. Raw. Somehow, we came together
and we did the Osondi Owendi song. We later found out that we came from the same village.
- Was there an issue after the song was released?
I played a very big part in the song. People would always want me to
perform the song. But I couldn’t. What is the essence of collaborating
when you cannot play the song? It didn’t make any sense. He said people
told him I was performing his song. I felt, ‘oh, it is now your song?’
That was the last time we really spoke to each other. I decided to
‘free’ him.
- So he told you not to perform the song?
Yes. He didn’t pay me to feature in the song. My voice was significant
in the song. He was more popular than me in Lagos then. But I was more
popular in the East. So if I was called to come and perform at shows, I
would tell them to call MC Loph and pay him since I couldn’t feature the
song. I did a song with Tiwa. I don’t mind if she performs the song.
People would think of Flavour if she performs the song. That is the
essence of collaboration. I don’t even rap. I wouldn’t have tried to
take his line because I don’t know how to rap.
- Did you ever meet his mother?
I met his mother just once in my life. We went for a show at Nnewi
(Anambra State) and we passed through our village. He got down to see
his mother and I followed him. I greeted her and I gave her money that
day. She was very happy. We left. I was surprised when people started
saying I abandoned his mother when he died. It is not fair to talk about
this since he is no more. But then, I feel it is time I became honest
and open up because people have said a lot of things about me. It is not
fair. He never greeted my father one day, let alone visiting him. But I
couldn’t confront him because of that. I felt he didn’t have any
business with my father. He could choose to greet him or not. We were
not related, we just came from the same village.
- Are you saying you people were not friends?
We were not friends at all. We just did a song together. People just had
a misconception about the whole thing. I never told anybody this before
and I still insist it is not something we should talk about.
- Why didn’t you attend his burial ceremony?
I had a show. My mother went on our behalf. Some members of my staff
went as well. In my place, they say condolence never expires. I can
still walk up to that family and condole with them. My brother died and I
wasn’t there. We had a show as well. It wasn’t anything personal. My
father understood that I couldn’t come for my brother’s burial because I
wasn’t around.
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