Superstar rapper, Olanrewaju Ogunmefun popularly known as Vector, has revealed that he made money from his 2019 diss against counterpart, Jude Abaga aka M.I.
Speaking with The Nation, Vector said the diss tracks earned him a lot of streaming numbers, adding that their reconciliation was also business for him.
He said, “Yes, the records sold. There seems to be ‘sweetness’ that comes with beef records, they were streamed a lot. We trended at number 2 in the US, and both verses trended at number one on, Genius, the lyrics website. Meaning that Nigerians can write what the whole world can read and understand. So yes, there was that.”
Talking about the alcoholic brands that facilitated their reconciliation, the music star added: “Of course, yes. Would the brand just say come, ‘Oya take alcohol now for reconciliation.’ There is still business going on. And that is also one of the highlights that you can share with up and coming rappers. Don’t be stupid to pick a fight over growth. You must also know when to stop being hard-headed as a person. A lot of brands had called to make the reconciliation happen but I guess it had to be them.”
Disclosing that they both have two songs to release this month (February 2021), Vector described his working experience with M.I.
“The vibe in the recording was easy, being in the studio with him was cool. We were also in the studio together recently because ‘as man once something don finish for your belle, he don finish’.
“You will be amazed by the kind of realisations that you encounter when you speak with the person that you had beef with. You will realize the people that are with you but ‘are not with you too.’ I saw it with him and he saw it with me. People that wanted to be relevant in the argument. People that I thought were my guys that would call and say “hello, how far now.”
“So, it helped expose people that would not have been exposed if there was no beef. We understood that, so the vibe was real. We recorded a song together titled, ‘Crown of Cray’ which is off my forthcoming album and is scheduled to release on February 26. Firstly, since it’s a season of love, we are dropping ‘Early Momo’ featuring talented singer, GoodGirl LA by February 14,” he revealed.