Nigerian Afro-pop singer, Yemi Alade, has revealed that she ignored Beyonce‘s email for two months because her manager thought it was a scam.
The singer brought this revelation to light in a recent interview with OSG; where she disclosed how she almost lost out on her collaboration with the music star.
“We thought it was a scam email,” she said. “I wasn’t the one receiving the emails, my management was and the thing is that, you have to be a crazy beyond fan like me to know her company’s name is Parkwood. So you’re getting emails from Parkwood about a collaboration with Beyoncé? My manager was telling me that he keeps getting these messages from Parkwood.
“He sounded very irritated and he was thinking of maybe blocking the email and I asked him what did you say? Did you say Parkwood? I said (screams) that is Beyoncé.”
Speaking on how long it took for them to actually respond to the email, the singer revealed:
“It took a while. We were at the end of the collection like.. they’ve been working on this for a while, maybe a month or two.
“ I think even someone at some point came to Nigeria and they were trying to meet me. But you know how some people are, they don’t want some people to meet some people.”
After learning of her manager’s error, Yemi Alade got on a plane to Las Vegas, and made her way to Beyoncé’s collection of studios.
“I had no idea what was coming. When we were done with the meeting, I went back to my apartment. I just woke up the next morning I couldn’t talk, definitely could not sing. I had no voice, I pushed and I got something out of it,” she added.
When asked about her disposition towards people in the western world and the kind of vibe they give. She said:
“When I try to just envision every country that I’ve been to, I realize that human beings are just human beings; some come with good vibes. Some come with bad vibes and then you can never know who really has ulterior motives or not, they just keep…. like an onion peel… they just keep opening up and showing you and showing you and revealing everything… so I would just say human beings are the same everywhere, naija, outside naija everybody.”
Beyonce‘s Lion King: The Gift Album featured six Nigerian artistes including Yemi Alade, Tekno, Mr Eazi, Tiwa Savage, Burna Boy and Wizkid.