Celeb Super Star Nigerian rapper
Vector Tha Viper real name Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, is currently fighting
with his label, YSG Ent which is a division of popular Transportation
company Young Shall Grow led by the first son of Chief Vincent Obianodo,
Obiora Obianodo.
The
crisis between Vector and his label began a couple of months back after
Vector made complaints about why his career is stalling and not been
progressing and why the label has a nonchalant attitude towards their
best artist's career and he simply suggested more professional hands to
be employed to push his career to the next level
But the label took these views as threats and refused to impose these ideas so Vector decided himself to hire the profesionals and was paying them personally with no help from the label
He has been with the label for over four years and never asked to leave, all he asked for according to his camp was more work and results. Things actually got worse after Vector took a self-sponsored vacation to the US and returned to his record boss’ anger, claiming he went to the States to sign a record deal.
Weeks after, Vector received and invitation letter from the Commissioner of Police of Lagos state and was summoned to the Area-E command (Festac). On getting there, he was presented with a “breach of contract” petition, claiming that he has engaged external hands to work for him. His parents got involved (as his dad is a retired police officer), and it was settled amicably.
Feeling
unsafe and threatened, Vector surrendered the car and apartment
provided for him by the label and acquired a replacement for himself.
Thinking this was over, Vector went about his daily life (as lawyers
were already handling the case) till the 10th of June. He was to be
shooting his scene of the Ghetto RMX video by Shank, at his childhood
neighbourhood (Mcarthy Barracks, Obalende, Lagos), when men of the
police force came to seize him and his personal manager (Michael Umoru)
and took them all the way back to Festac, this time it was a proper
arrest and they were detained from 3pm till 10pm when his lawyers came
through.
According to sources close to Vector, he has been receiving series of personal threats from the label, and he hasn’t felt so safe and really did not want to talk to the press about it.
The
crisis between Vector and his label began a couple of months back after
Vector made complaints about why his career is stalling and not been
progressing and why the label has a nonchalant attitude towards their
best artist's career and he simply suggested more professional hands to
be employed to push his career to the next levelBut the label took these views as threats and refused to impose these ideas so Vector decided himself to hire the profesionals and was paying them personally with no help from the label
He has been with the label for over four years and never asked to leave, all he asked for according to his camp was more work and results. Things actually got worse after Vector took a self-sponsored vacation to the US and returned to his record boss’ anger, claiming he went to the States to sign a record deal.
Weeks after, Vector received and invitation letter from the Commissioner of Police of Lagos state and was summoned to the Area-E command (Festac). On getting there, he was presented with a “breach of contract” petition, claiming that he has engaged external hands to work for him. His parents got involved (as his dad is a retired police officer), and it was settled amicably.
Feeling
unsafe and threatened, Vector surrendered the car and apartment
provided for him by the label and acquired a replacement for himself.
Thinking this was over, Vector went about his daily life (as lawyers
were already handling the case) till the 10th of June. He was to be
shooting his scene of the Ghetto RMX video by Shank, at his childhood
neighbourhood (Mcarthy Barracks, Obalende, Lagos), when men of the
police force came to seize him and his personal manager (Michael Umoru)
and took them all the way back to Festac, this time it was a proper
arrest and they were detained from 3pm till 10pm when his lawyers came
through.According to sources close to Vector, he has been receiving series of personal threats from the label, and he hasn’t felt so safe and really did not want to talk to the press about it.
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