Popular Nigerian disc jockey, Imohiosen Patrick, professionally known as DJ Neptune has finally reacted to the allegation by singer and Big Brother Naija Season 5 winner, Laycon over an unpaid debt.
For those who don’t, Laycon, born Olamilekan Agbeleshebioba, had on August 21st, 2024 took to his X page, formerly Twitter to call out DJ Neptune for allegedly refusing to pay him for the ‘Nobody Icons’ Remix song they did together.
Laycon wrote; “Abeg o… @deejayneptune how far my agreement and split for the “Nobody (Icons Remix) song though. Is it not still ready? haba it’s been 4years o.”
However, DJ Neptune, speaking in an interview recently, revealed to everyone that cares to know that he didn’t owe Laycon a dime.
He said; “Laycon is my brother regardless. Let me just establish here that nobody ate anybody’s money. I want to believe that you’ve knowledge of the music business. When you’ve a deal with a distro company or a label and you’re being given advanced marketing money to push the music, the video or whatnot. They’ve to recoup. It’s a return on investment.”
“So that’s where we are with ‘Nobody Icons’ Remix’. What Laycon is fighting for is the documentation. In all fairness to him, he reached out to me. So it wasn’t like anyone was cheating anyone. When Laycon reached out to me, I referred to my legal team. I even asked him for his lawyer’s contact which he sent to me and I forwarded it to them.”
“I’m not a legal personnel. I’m a creative. I have to perform and take care of my family. So I’ve put this in the hands of people that will handle it. And then there was a conversation that was ongoing between our lawyers. So I guess, maybe my own fault was not going back to find out what was going on. But a certain percentage was proposed to Laycon’s team and they kicked back at it. And the conversation was just there.”