Nigerian singer and rapper Raoul John Njeng-Njeng better known as Skales, has responded to a social media fan who praised Burna Boy for restarting his career.
The issue began when a reviewer referred to Skales’ career as “dead” in a comment on one of his blogs, and blamed Burna Boy for its revival.
The 2017 remix of Skales’ popular song “Temper,” which included Burna Boy and was nominated for Best Collaboration at the 2018 Headies, was especially brought up by the critic.
“This is the more reason why everyone hates you mf. Burnaboy was part of the people that helped your dead career,” the user’s post reads.
However, Skales swiftly dismissed the claim, emphasizing that the Grammy winner did not contribute to his success.
The 33-year-old singer argued that the collaboration with Burna Boy was mutually beneficial. Skales wrote on the microblogging X platform:
“Listen I will defend myself always, I love Burna but don’t you ever say he helped me. No one helped me! Only my fans and God’s grace. We do collabo wey all of us benefit from. If the thing no benefit us, we no go dey perform for our different sets.”
See post below:
Listen I will defend myself always … I love Burna but don’t you ever say he helped me … no one helped me! Only my fans and God’s grace .. we do collabo wey all of us benefit from .. if the thing no benefit us we no go Dey perform for our different sets … pic.twitter.com/pbaSF2UMvA
— SKALES (@youngskales) October 27, 2024
