Family isn’t everything after all..
NET has gathered, from multiple sources, that there is major crisis in the HKN
Gang; the popular record label that attained overwhelming fame and success in
2012 may have been bitten by the recent ‘break up’ bug and might lose two of
it’s popular acts B Red and Sinarambo.
After working together as a music crew for close to
a decade, there are very strong indications that popstar Davido ‘Davido‘
Adeleke is parting ways with his pop singing cousins (his father’s elder
brother’s sons) and label mates, Bayo ‘B Red‘ Adeleke and Sina ‘Sinarambo‘
Adeleke.
NET sources say tension has been building among the cousins for a while ‘but B
Red and Sina have been playing it cool’. Apparently, the lesser known cousins
now want out.
Sources tell us a big fight allegedly ensued between Davido and cousins B Red
and Sinarambo some weeks back in Atlanta – The cousins had accused Davido of
not doing much for their careers as much as he should after they chose him as
the label’s front line act. They also accused him of not giving them a chance
to fully promote their new singles only to overshadow them at any given chance.
Flashback
Some years ago before Davido, B Red and Sinarambo relocated to Nigeria to fully
pursue their music careers, the trio had been working in Altanta, US as a music
crew called B International. Sinarambo was the frontline artiste with Davido
only handling music production. B Red, a very talented drummer assisted with
verses.
Then Davido began pursing a singing career seriously, broke out as a solo
artiste and decided to return to Nigeria in 2010 to fully launch a music
career. Starting off HKN Gang with his elder half-brother Adewale Adeleke aka
Chairman HKN, they added (as only expected) B Red and Sinarambo to the team and
approached M.I‘s manager Abuchi Ugwu to manage him.
Abuchi however turned down the offer (he is credited to mixing and mastering
Davido’s monster hit song ‘Dami duro‘), Davido met up with a very enthusiastic
Asa Asika (Asa in December 2012 parted ways with HKN) and well, the rest is
history. The team planned to push Davido first, then Sinarambo and finally B
Red.
Back To The Present
As we all know Davido’s music career skyrocketed with hit songs and a debut
album ‘Omo Baba Olowo‘. He was immediately placed as an A-list artiste in
Nigeria, topping charts, performing in different continents, winning awards,
and bagging multi-million Naira endorsement deals.
‘Now that Davido has blown, it was Sinarambo and B red’s turn, but things
didn’t seem to follow again‘, a source tells NET. ‘Every time Sina or B Red
released a song or video, Davido would release his own music and somehow it
overshadowed theirs’.
October 15, 2012 - Sinarambo releases his much anticipated first single-video
‘Ijo sina‘ feat Davido.
October 17, 2012 - Davido releases ‘Gbon gbon‘ off his ‘Omo Baba Olowo’ album.
February 8, 2013 - B Red releases first single ’Insane girl’ feat Davido.
February 25, 2013 - Davido releases controversial single ‘Gobe’.
Sources say the fight in Atlanta got physical after B Red and Sinarambo
aggressively questioned Davido over the matter. ‘The fight damaged property in
their ATL home, it started in the car and continued in the house‘.
Davido then traveled to Houston during the All star weekend to perform
alongside Nas. He later traveled back to Nigeria and headed straight to Ghana
for a performance.
Sources say, Sina and B Red were stuck in Atlanta (B Red has since returned
while Sina is still in Atlanta). Davido’s father, we learn is now aware of the
fight and has extricated the cousins. B Red we are told has also moved out of
Davido’s house.
The ‘Insane girl’ singer who is Davido’s official hype man was missing at
Davido’s side at two recent campus performances in the University of Lagos
(UNILAG) and Ibadan (UI). He also didn’t attend Davido’s mum’s remembrance
ceremony.
But Davido’s new manager Kamal (one of the guys who Dr SID says was present
when he had that leaked conversation with Davido) says we shouldn’t fret.
‘There’s no problem in HKN, Sina is working with some people in ATL at the
moment and B Red is cool with Davido’, Kamal told our reporter in a telephone
conversation.
In related news, it is being reported that Davido has signed a upcoming pop
singers Ghanaian act Deekay and Nigerian act Danagog. This could not be
confirmed as Kamal could not be reached via telephone.
Source: - NET
