Singer Oluwafisayo Isa, better known by her stage as Darkoo, has publicly discussed the part Peter Okoye, also known as Mr. P, played in what she believes were attempts to undermine her new song.
Darkoo’s next song, “Focus On Me (All the sexy girls in the club),” was released on January 2, 2024.
P-Square’s smash song “Gimme Dat” from their 2009 album “Danger” was sampled by her on the lively track that went viral on TikTok before to its release.
Days after it was uploaded, the music video, which was based on P-Square’s “Gimme Dat” video, was removed due to copyright violations.
According to Darkoo in a post on her X account on January 11, 2025, the music video was taken down by Mr. P who is one half of the legendary but defunct P-Square group.
Darkoo claimed that the 45-year-old music icon was acting out of spite because she failed to accede to his request to be featured on the single.
She said that despite promising to make him a part of the remix, Peter refused to be appeased.
In a series of posts, Darkoo claimed that she cleared the sample and even conceded 50% of the royalties to P-Square out of respect for their work and status.
The British-Nigerian star praised Paul Okoye aka Rudeboy and Jude Okoye for being supportive all through the process of clearing the sample while singling out Mr P for trying to truncate the process.
Darkoo pointed out that Mr P’s actions were unbecoming of a legend, especially one whom she grew up admiring.
She also confirmed that the music video is now back on YouTube. She wrote in part:
“I WASN’T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT MY MUSIC VIDEO WAS TAKEN DOWN FOR 6 DAYS BY PETER OF P-SQUARE IN AN ATTEMPT TO COMPLETELY SABOTAGE THE SONG.
LET ME BE CLEAR: I HAD ALL THE NECESSARY CLEARANCE FOR THE SAMPLE.
“TO PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE, THEY ARE RECEIVING 50%… RIGHTFULLY SO. YET, MR. PETER WANTED TO BE FEATURED ON THE SONG, EVEN CREATED HIS OWN NEW VERSE FOR IT. HE TOLD ME NOT TO SPEAK TO OR CLEAR WITH HIS BROTHERS JUDE & 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, BUT 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….”
“IT’S HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE I GREW UP ADMIRING HIM, AND TO SEE SOMEONE I ONCE LOOKED UP TO ACTIVELY TRY TO HURT ME AND BLOCK MY SUCCESS IS INCREDIBLY PAINFUL.”
“THIS ISN’T HOW OUR OGs ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MOVING. IT’S SAD AND DISAPPOINTING.”
