Nigerian Entertainment Today has gathered, from
multiple sources, that there is major crisis in
the HKN Gang; the popular record label that
attained overwhelming fame and success in 2012
may have been bitten by the recent ‘break up’ bug
and might lose two of it’s popular acts B
Red and Sinarambo.
After working together as a music crew for close to
a decade, there are very strong indications that
popstar Davido ‘ Davido‘ Adeleke is parting ways
with his pop singing cousins (his father’s elder
brother’s sons) and label mates, Bayo ‘ B Red‘
Adeleke and Sina ‘Sinarambo‘ Adeleke.
NET sources say tension has been building among
the cousins for a while ‘but B Red and Sina have
been playing it cool’. Apparently, the lesser known
cousins now want out.
Sources tell us a big fight allegedly ensued
between Davido and cousins B Red and
Sinarambo some weeks back in Atlanta – The
cousins had accused Davido of not doing much
for their careers as much as he should after they
chose him as the label’s front line act. They also
accused him of not giving them a chance to fully
promote their new singles only to overshadow
them at any given chance.
Flashback
Some years ago before Davido, B Red and
Sinarambo relocated to Nigeria to fully pursue
their music careers, the trio had been working in
Altanta, US as a music crew called B
International. Sinarambo was the frontline
artiste with Davido only handling music
production. B Red, a very talented drummer
assisted with verses.
Then Davido began pursing a singing career
seriously, broke out as a solo artiste and decided
to return to Nigeria in 2010 to fully launch a
music career. Starting off HKN Gang with his
elder half-brother Adewale Adeleke aka
Chairman HKN, they added (as only expected) B
Red and Sinarambo to the team and
approached M.I‘s manager Abuchi Ugwu to
manage him.
Abuchi however turned down the offer (he is
credited to mixing and mastering Davido’s
monster hit song ‘Dami duro‘), Davido met up
with a very enthusiastic Asa Asika (Asa in
December 2012 parted ways with HKN)
and well, the rest is history. The team planned to
push Davido first, then Sinarambo and finally B
Red.
Back To The Present
As we all know Davido’s music career skyrocketed
with hit songs and a debut album ‘ Omo Baba
Olowo‘. He was immediately placed as an A-list
artiste in Nigeria, topping charts, performing in
different continents, winning awards, and bagging
multi-million Naira endorsement deals.
‘Now that Davido has blown, it was Sinarambo
and B red’s turn, but things didn’t seem to follow
again‘, a source tells NET. ‘Every time Sina or B
Red released a song or video, Davido would
release his own music and somehow it
overshadowed theirs’.
October 15, 2012 - Sinarambo releases his much
anticipated first single-video ‘Ijo sina‘ feat
Davido.
October 17, 2012 - Davido releases ‘Gbon
gbon‘ off his ‘Omo Baba Olowo’ album.
February 8, 2013 - B Red releases first
single ’Insane girl’ feat Davido.
February 25, 2013 - Davido
releases controversial single ‘Gobe’.
Sources say the fight in Atlanta got physical after
B Red and Sinarambo aggressively questioned
Davido over the matter. ‘The fight damaged
property in their ATL home, it started in the car
and continued in the house‘.
Davido then traveled to Houston during the All
star weekend to perform alongside Nas. He later
traveled back to Nigeria and headed straight to
Ghana for a performance.
Sources say, Sina and B Red were stuck in Atlanta
(B Red has since returned while Sina is still in
Atlanta). Davido’s father, we learn is now aware of
the fight and has extricated the cousins. B Red we
are told has also moved out of Davido’s house.
The ‘Insane girl’ singer who is Davido’s official
hype man was missing at Davido’s side at two
recent campus performances in the University of
Lagos (UNILAG) and Ibadan (UI). He also didn’t
attend Davido’s mum’s remembrance ceremony.
But Davido’s new manager Kamal (one of the guys
who Dr SID says was present when he had that
leaked conversation with Davido) says we
shouldn’t fret. ‘There’s no problem in HKN, Sina is
working with some people in ATL at the moment
and B Red is cool with Davido’, Kamal told our
reporter in a telephone conversation.
In related news, it is being reported that Davido
has signed a upcoming pop singers Ghanaian
act Deekay and Nigerian act Danagog. This
could not be confirmed as Kamal could not be
reached via telephone.

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