Nigerian-British rapper, Darkoo, has called out Peter Okoye of P-square for deliberately sabotaging her latest hit “Focus on me”.
Taking to X, the rapper stated that Mr. P initiated the copyright infringement placed on the song because he was denied a feature on it.
Darkoo stated that she obtained the necessary clearance for the sample used in the song before its eventual release.
She wrote “I wasn’t going to say anything, but Peter of P-square took down my music video for six days in an attempt to completely sabotage the song. (Fortunately, the video is back up now.) https://youtu.be/4wj0nhz_6t0?si=-75ujqiue4_z-ysl. Let me be clear: I had all the necessary clearance for the sample. This is not my first rodeo using a sample, as you know, and I did everything by the book.”
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“To put things into perspective, they are receiving 50%… rightfully so. Yet, Mr. Peter wanted to be featured on the song, even creating his own new verse for it. He told me not to speak to or clear with his brothers Jude and Paul (who, by the way, have been incredibly helpful in resolving issues). He claimed they would bring ‘unnecessary problems’ for me.
“But as soon as the song dropped, Mr. Peter completely switched on me. He started causing problems because he wanted to be featured on the track. Even though I wanted him to be on the remix, I guess that wasn’t enough. Instead, he chose to act out of anger, manipulate the situation, and try to sabotage the song… simply because I didn’t bow to his demands….
“Taking my video down wasn’t about copyright or contracts…. It was because he didn’t get what he wanted (to be featured), & I quote saying to my team that I “disrespected him” that’s why he’s taking down the video.”
