By Bisola Bello
Pop duo, P-Square, is currently sparring against contemporary urban music television channel Soundcity.
It started when a fan posted this on Twitter on Thursday
Been a while soundcity played any of psquare’s videos, hmm ?
— FISH MOONEY (@Tygaresss1) July 9, 2015
Peter Okoye, one half of the P-Square twin, responded
Dear fans, we see your complains about the absence of our videos on @SOUNDCITYtv, just to clear the air they refuse to play us.
— Peter Okoye (@PeterPsquare) September 10, 2015
Pls keep watching us on other reliable channel like Mtvbase, HipTv, Tracetv, Afropop and other terrestrial channels. Thanks for the love.
— Peter Okoye (@PeterPsquare) September 10, 2015
The channel responded with a statement titled Re: What has Soundcity ever done for P-Square?
Jude Okoye, the twins’ brother and business muse, then took it on from there
Holup holup @SOUNDCITYtv just holup…….
— IG: @Judeengees (@judeengees) September 10, 2015
Pls u make a living playing our videos that runs into millions in cost. You don’t pay royalties, we (artistes and labels) don’t complaining — IG: @Judeengees (@judeengees) September 10, 2015
And you think you doing artiste favour? Psquare played ALL soundcity Blast from inception for FREE.
— IG: @Judeengees (@judeengees) September 10, 2015
My job is to make videos. @SOUNDCITYtv job is to play it. — IG: @Judeengees (@judeengees) September 10, 2015
As u reserve right to play which videos, so do we artiste and label on wether to perform for you for free or not.
— IG: @Judeengees (@judeengees) September 10, 2015
Typo err.Pls u make a living playing our videos tht runs into millions in cost. U don’t pay royalties, we (artistes & labels) don’t complain — IG: @Judeengees (@judeengees) September 10, 2015
You can keep blackmailing and threatening other acts, NOT Psquare
— IG: @Judeengees (@judeengees) September 10, 2015
Other reputable channels have no problems taking care of artiste logistics for their events — IG: @Judeengees (@judeengees) September 10, 2015
Taju Adepetu’s Soundcity then posted this
RE: Don’t Be A Judas, Jude. Dear Jude & #SoundcityTV Fans, Thank you for your tweets Jude.. http://t.co/wzTAH644uspic.twitter.com/SgTtByGTx8
— Soundcity Africa (@SOUNDCITYtv) September 11, 2015
Which escalated into what you find here.
And something tells us we have not heard the last of this.
