CEO of Empire Mates Entertainment, Banky W, has revealed the real reason why he dropped Skales.

Skales (Raoul John Njeng Njeng) was signed to EME in 2010, on a 3-year contract, and amidst a number of hit songs such as Mukulu, Take Care Of Me, and Komole, he had not truly risen to the top of mainstream Nigerian music, which made EME refuse to offer him a new contract after his previous one had expired. Banky W has revealed that he had creative differences, as well as a conviction, that Skales needed a new spark in his career, that was why he was let go.

He told Pulse.ng: “My disclaimer is that people tend to make things a lot more negative than they are.

“I have to say that we are very proud to have discovered Skales and his talent, and to have given him a foundation to begin to express himself as an artiste, and also the platform to release that music to the world.

“Recording deals are based on the number of albums or the number of years. The years have passed, and we haven’t gotten to the point where we could release his first album, but we built a bit of a buzz, but we just haven’t gotten to the album.

He continued. “And then I looked at it. Some of the greatest artistes you know, had to go through 2 or 3 different labels to really figure out what it is that they wanted to do. 50 Cent was famously on Columbia, then he eventually moved from there and went down to Dr Dre, and then to Interscope. And Alicia Keys was on 3, 4 different labels, Lady Gaga same thing.

“So sometimes an artiste, just for their own creative purposes, needs a new environment. And I think with Skales, when we found him, we said it’s like finding a young M.I. He’s a rapper, we are going to make this great rapping artiste, and he creatively decided to start changing that direction.

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so they dumped his a$$ because he decided to switch from rapping to singing?
in skales words: "even the clique wen I dey dey tolerate me
dem say i too scatter dey need to coordinate me
dem say dey nor like my style, money nor dey enter to make dem smile
I never make am though I've been here for awhile"...

Guy has been upcoming for too long.

EME placed all d attention only on wizkidayo..

axortedbabe: EME placed all d attention only on wizkidayo..

I disagree. Skales has been an upcomin artiste for long. He had to go. One of d wack we av around. The sky is wide enof for the bird to fly.

na bad market. he wan sing because wizkid na super star and e no sabi.

Raoul John Njeng Njeng what a name.

I've enjoyed some of skales song so far and for those ppl saying skales is wack.,pls listen to the Empire Mate State of mind album they all dis together and see how distinct he sounded or even his recent songs like "Shake bodi"..,Its absoluteli normal to change record labels as Banky even said..it doesn't take away the fact that skales is an okay. artiste.,wats wrong if he wants to sing alongside his raps??.,Did u knw dt banky is a tite rapper also..He has d voice to do it so let him cos even nikki minaj sings also atimes..,Keep it up skales!!

axortedbabe: EME placed all d attention only on wizkidayo..

Supported

Diplomatic statements. If skales was raking in the dough, he will have signed a ten year contract by now. But nice one there banks, you got your brothers back eh

Most of una wey dey criticize the guy, una don listen to "Shake Body"? Well to me the guy is trying...

lirusehn:
it's funny i didn't see the main reason he got kicked out of the label!!

Thought I was the only one that missed it.

fr3do: Guy has been upcoming for too long.

Lol #killer
Btw, is the guy a nigerian?

I don't understand this thread

Ichel:
Lol #killer
Btw, is the guy a nigerian?

Yeah maybe jos

fr3do:

Yeah maybe jos

..his dad is from camerun,d mum is from edo..he ws born nd brought up in kaduna state..

Elnino4ladies: ..his dad is from camerun,d mum is from edo..he ws born nd brought up in kaduna state..

Thanks, wikipedia couldn't provide that information.

fr3do:

Thanks, wikipedia couldn't provide that information.

..i got d information 4rm one of his interviews wit thenetng.com..