5 Nigerian Artists That Used Controversies To Sell Music
At a point in their careers, every artist that has garnered attention worldwide sometimes appears in the news for the wrong reasons. Some of our favourite artists are proof that being in the public eye isn’t all that easy and not even enormous amounts of fame and fortune can save them from being involved in some crazy controversies and drama.
However, for some artists, some of these controversies are mere coincidence, while for some it’s not. Some artists have used these so-called “controversies” to sell their music. We wonder why these scandals come out at exactly the time they are set to release new music. In this article, we would be examining 5 Nigerian that successfully sold music with the aid of controversies.
Yung6ix
No 1 Nigerian Artist Music On the 9th of March, 2020, Nigerian disc jockey, DJ Timmy took to his Twitter account to make some crazy accusations. Timmy appeared to be frustrated and could not bear to take the pain anymore. What brought about his frustration? It was from his time as a DJ and Hypeman for Nigerian rapper, Yung6ix. Timmy had a lot to say about his relationship with the rapper.
According to him, a lot transpired between him and the rapper which eventually led to his depression. He revealed that he lost everything including his cars because he listened to the rapper. Timmy added that he was about to take his life with Sniper, a popular insecticide used to commit suicide but with the quick intervention of his family, he was able to come out of his depression.
Yung6ix had also manipulated and forced him to live a fake life while they were still working together. He said that he was forced to buy a car worth 11 million and rented an apartment worth 2.5 million Naira just to work with him which eventually made him broke and with no savings to fall back on.
Yung6ix’s reaction? The rapper reacted to the outburst in a rather calm manner. The rapper advised his former partner not to drink Sniper as whoever dies in a fight is the one that loses.“My guy no go drink sniper oh , na who die naem Lose.”. With this response, many concluded that the rapper was a cold-hearted being that really did manipulate Timmy.