An entertainment group in Kogi state invited him for an event on 14th December 2007 at Lokoja and paid some money to him as deposit. He didnt show up for the event and has refused to pay back the money since then.
He has changed his personal mobile line and we cannot reach him anylonger.
Is this why he is infamous among his colleagues?
Someone tell him to desist from such dubious acts. Its a shame!

Above is the payment teller to his manager Akhabue Walter Ehimemen

well, am not suprised

wat a shame!!!

lie lies. go sleep, theres nothing fraudulent anywhere, your mouth is just hitching you. besides if he wants to defraud then will he defraud someone of common £400 hisss

aluta4live:

lie lies. go sleep, theres nothing fraudulent anywhere, your mouth is just hitching you. besides if he wants to defraud then will he defraud someone of common £400 hisss

These are some of the things i hate to hear on nairaland. Is it impossible that blackface defraded the guy? I dont like the say some peeps dey think

poster u be fool i swear, if person defraud u , no be to take am go court
since u av ur documents.
abi u no go sch
tell me the essence of this stupid thread u created??
na nairaland wan collect ur money back??_{thats even if there was any deal}



hissess loud

tosinadeda:

poster u be fool i swear, if person defraud u , no be to take am go court
since u av your documents.
abi u no go sch
tell me the essence of this stupid thread u created??
na nairaland wan collect your money back??_{thats even if there was any deal}



hissess loud

In the ideal Nigeria, that'll be the right option
But this is not the ideal country, the easiest thing to do is to alert the press, and the fanbase
And that's exactly what he's doing

Kind of confuse, which blackface are we talkinq about here?

eldee:

In the ideal Nigeria, that'll be the right option
But this is not the ideal country, the easiest thing to do is to alert the press, and the fanbase
And that's exactly what he's doing

see alerting the press wnt bring his money back!!!!
if him get proof let him do it legally

tosinadeda:

poster u be fool i swear, if person defraud u , no be to take am go court
since u av your documents.
abi u no go sch
tell me the essence of this stupid thread u created??
na nairaland wan collect your money back??_{thats even if there was any deal}



hissess loud

tosin i swear u dey vex me. why don't u give this guy a benefit of doubt and believe him, at least he paid a hundred naira extra to scan the copy of the teller. Is it impossible that blackfaze defraded him or u think he cant do it? And don't u think its a good thing he is alerting us. Did he tell us that he wanted his money back?

All the bob is doing is informing us, so that u and i won't fall for the same next time. No wonder u always support Nigerian artistes promoting fraud. nos suprised at u,

_{i dey vex seriously oooo make una no beg me at all}

Hmmm thats really bad. Shows he lacks professionalism not honouring his agreement.

Darn, just when I was wondering where he was, this is the first thing i find. Oh well. Lol at person who said common £400. That is still money in Nigeria (no offence intended as I am sure some people would somehow find an offence in that statement). Oh well, he must have a reason, SMH. Eldee is quite right, if it was UK or America, then its straight to court,but in Nigeria, it seems sometimes people have to be shamed to do the right thing, oh well

Its a pity that poverty is pushing the poor boy into dubious practices. Tuface and face must assist their guy. They've come a long way. At least he can be a back up for Tuface especially now that Tuface has a song with R kelly. He'll definetly be considered by tuface and he'll refrain from such illicit practices and be able to pay his debt.

@ poster
pity the guy. But you no see Tuface , P square call. Na cheap musician you dey find. Na him good for you. Cheap things purge and you are purging badly now.

MMmmmmmmm, @100 Bars,

May i ask, what is blackface name? Is it Ahkabue?

Now, i am not backing up blackface (Whats my take?) But do you realise that he might not even be aware of the unrefunded charges??


This is not to say that he is innocent though. I personally believe that you paid to his manager, and not to Blackface himself. sint that correct?

Business is more of negotiation. There are ways to get your money back if you can negotiate it. Posting in Forums does not solve the problem. I suppose it only builds sentiments.

@gbengaijot

i agree with u to an extent. at this point, anything is possible. professional artistes have managers who over see their activities like shows, interviews and all. He paid the money to his manager's account according to him.

Its easy to support any of the parties and begin to put up unnessecary arguments. its also not impossible that the poster is lying but i give him a benefit of doubt cos he can't go this far to dent the image of blackfaze.

Also, those talking about him getting his money back. The bob has not cried to our ears that he wants a refund. All he's doing is letting us know what transpiered between an artiste some nigerians see as role models.

I'm also believing that there must have been negotiations which resulted in the manager sending his acount number to the poster. I'm not a lawyer, just trying to analyse the story with different lens

gbengaijot:

MMmmmmmmm, @100 Bars,

May i ask, what is blackface name? Is it Ahkabue?

Now, i am not backing up blackface (Whats my take?) But do you realise that he might not even be aware of the unrefunded charges??


This is not to say that he is innocent though. I personally believe that you paid to his manager, and not to Blackface himself. sint that correct?

Business is more of negotiation. There are ways to get your money back if you can negotiate it. Posting in Forums does not solve the problem. I suppose it only builds sentiments.

word !!!

javalove:

tosin i swear u dey vex me. why don't u give this guy a benefit of doubt and believe him, at least he paid a hundred naira extra to scan the copy of the teller. Is it impossible that blackfaze defraded him or u think he can't do it? And don't u think its a good thing he is alerting us. Did he tell us that he wanted his money back?

All the bob is doing is informing us, so that u and i won't fall for the same next time. No wonder u always support Nigerian artistes promoting fraud. nos suprised at u,

_{i dey vex seriously oooo make una no beg me at all}

no comment!!!!

gbengaijot:

MMmmmmmmm, @100 Bars,

May i ask, what is blackface name? Is it Ahkabue?

Now, i am not backing up blackface (Whats my take?) But do you realise that he might not even be aware of the unrefunded charges??


This is not to say that he is innocent though. I personally believe that you paid to his manager, and not to Blackface himself. sint that correct?

Business is more of negotiation. There are ways to get your money back if you can negotiate it. Posting in Forums does not solve the problem. I suppose it only builds sentiments.

exactly my point o, but stupid peeps wont understand

Abeg how i go fit start new thread 4 dis una naira land?

Helpanewuser

BlackFaze is an unprofessional idiot if he has no manager. The manager did the deal on his behalf (as expected). All Blackfaze correspondence will be forwarded to his manager.

@gbengaijot and @tosin

its easy to start a blind argument but for hevean's sake, give ds guy a benefit of doubt!!!! U dont know what transpired between dem in details so don't judge blindly.

If i want to invite any naija artiste to a show, i should go through their manager. Anyone who deals directly with clients is a cheap and unprofessional artiste!!!

Benefit of doubt indeed!
Wut if d guy was so stupid 2 pay sum1 who claims to be blackface's manager?
Who's fault is dat?
Y not give black d benefit of doubt instead.

na true

this guy is just pathethic! just read the interview he did with sound city, talking about the positivity about his music!

he also said smoking marijuana is good, because when u smoke it u say the truth!!!! lol!










I�ll never reunite with Faze and Tuface � Blackface
Many believe that Blackface (real name, Ahmedu Augustine) remains the only member of the defunct musical group, Plantashun Boyz, who is not making waves as a solo artiste. In this interview with ‘NONYE IWUAGWU, he explains the situation, his plans for the near future and his relationship with the two other former members of the defunct group, Faze and Tuface.
You recently changed your name from Blackface to Blackface Naija. Why?

Oh yes. I had to change my name because I wanted to be identified as a true born Nigerian. I am a proud Nigerian. Again, I found that a lot of people outside this country answer Blackface. There is Blackface in Ghana, in Senegal and even in America. So, I decided to add Naija to my name to distinguish me from other Blackfaces across the world.

Where did the name ‘Blackface’ come from?

It all started when I was in secondary school. My name is Augustine like you know. There is this schoolmate of mine, each time he wants to call me he would say ‘Augustine the black face’. From there, people started calling me Blackface. I used the name when I was with Plantashun Boys before I decided to add Naija to my name now that I have gone solo.

Why did you decide to become a musician?

Music is a tool for me. I don’t have anything else to use. I cannot carry guns to the streets to fight for my rights. I cannot commit treason. It is just my Biro and my pad that I have.

I know that people are saying that I have not made it like my other colleagues and that people are not seeing me like the others. But you cannot see me that much. I have my values and I don’t want you to be seeing me all the time. The more you see me, the less music I do. The more I stay away, the more music I do.

But it is all good. Every artiste has a way that he or she wants to follow and I have mine. I am going to follow my principles.

Despite all the criticisms like, ‘I saw Blackface, he was not driving Hummer jeep.’ I am still alive and I am doing well. But I have decided to do my things on my own.

How are you doing things on your own?

We came up with Loudhouse Entertainment. I met my niggers on the streets and they are called the Trybunals. Together we formed a big team. They are too good. I couldn’t just leave them behind. They have to be in the spotlight as well because they have got what it takes to be in the spotlight.

I cant see somebody that is good and leave him to waste. People criticise me for that but I don’t have any problem with that. I know in this life you must be criticised.

Do you still sing against government?

I am just getting ready to start the main fight. I sing against corruption. I fight against indiscipline. I sing against the ills of the society and anything that is negative for my people. I can’t just sit back and watch my people go through different kind of things.

I know we have different artistes in Nigeria and some sing about love. Some sing about money and all that.

Music is your tool. You have to use it to send the proper message. If you don’t use it to spread the message, what would you be spreading? Virus that would affect the people? Music that would change the lives of Nigerians positively? Which one do you want to do?

As for me, I want to affect the lives of Nigerians positively.

Your latest album is titled ‘Me, Music and I’; how come you chose that title?

Basically, this is me. This is what I do. I do rap music, I do dancehall music, and I do R and B. The album is basically about me, my kind of music and how I want people to hear me.

Is this album different from all your other albums?

Yes. It is really different. The music is different and the sound is different. The sound is clearer than all the sounds I have ever done. I had a lot of hands on the deck. Once you listen to the music, you would know what I am talking about.

But your other albums have not really been successful in terms of marketing. Do you think this one will make a difference?

Of course. This is the beginning. All the while, I was just getting started in my profession. This is the jump-off now.

What kind of relationship do you have with Tuface and Faze now?

Tuface is my brother; we are from the same place. We are still colleagues and we are friends. Faze is my colleague. We used to work together. He is still my friend. He is doing his thing and I am doing my thing.

We don’t have any problems at all. Everybody has got to do what he has to do.

Do you regret going solo?

Why should I regret it? I only regret that I didn’t do it a long time ago. I guess it is the way God wanted things to work out anyway. I am cool that I am on my own now.

After Plantation Boys, you have been so quite; what has really been happening to you?

When people say my career has been quiet, I always wonder what they mean.

It may have to do with the reason that my music is different from what others sing. My music is not on the same level with theirs.

A lot of people thought that after Plantashun Boys broke up, I would be singing the way I was singing with them. But when they saw me with this kind of music, they couldn’t believe it. They were wondering if this was Blackface. They didn’t know that the only thing that is constant is change. I can’t stay the way I used to. I need to move on.

We learnt you had a problem with your former marketer because he was not selling your CDs; how do you intend to go about selling this new album?

Thank God, this album is not in the same hands with the former marketer. We have learnt our lessons. For every artiste that is starting, it is not always easy.

Some marketers are really wicked. They sell your works and they don’t pay you. I am not among the artistes that say make sure marketers pay them outright before they give them their CDs to market. I prefer if you sell, you pay me my money.

But we have learnt. We have Loudhouse Entertainment. We are in charge. We decide when they print CDs. It is not like those times that we didn’t know we could have those rights.

A lot of artistes go to Alaba (Lagos) and pay marketers to put their music in a compilation CD. If that compilation sells a million copies, do you know how much that is? Why should an artiste pay money to have his music in a compilation? But it happens.

We now know our rights and we are not going to make the kind of mistakes that we have made before.

This is the complete opposite of what you were doing with the Plantashun Boys; don’t you think this would affect the marketability of your music?

Blackface was a learning era. This era of Blackface Naija is going to be very different from the former era. Nigerians didn’t understand what I was saying in the first place. It took them some years before it dawned on them. But things are going to change.

Are you really a reggae artiste or a Rasta or do you just love wearing dreadlocks?

Basically, I am a conscious Rasta. I am a Rasta. The religion is not so much in Nigeria. It is a religion that fights against ills. I have joined the religion. I need to do something for my people.

I am a dancehall singer. I have my styles though. Sometimes, I do R and B. I do rap music. But do not confuse me with any other brethren. I am a Rasta. This is me, my music and I. I am a bona fide Rasta.

Why didn’t you feature any of your former colleagues in your album?

My friend, Tuface, is always on tour. If he is not in Senegal today, he is in Jamaica tomorrow. Faze is always on tour as well.

I didn’t want to distort their programmes and my programmes as well. I worked with them for close to five years before we went solo. Everybody is doing their own thing. I wanted to do my thing, let them see me do my thing. I didn’t want anything to hold me back.

If I were writing a song that I would need to feature Tuface, I would have to start thinking of the sounds that he would use. I would start thinking of how to do this and that, when I don’t even know whether he would come to the studio. This album might have taken a longer time and I didn’t want that. I wanted to get on with what I am doing and finish with it and get it out to the public.

In your sober moments, don’t you envy the success of your former colleagues?

What height? The one I don’t even know yet? If you talk about height, it would be as if they have won Grammies or something like that. They have not won any. They are just starting.

But they are more popular than you are.

They are more popular at the events they attend. It is just that those who organise the events prefer their kind of music to mine. My music talks about the ills in the society. A senator may be at the event listening to me, and he would not like what I sing.

Since such music has brought them into prominence, why don’t you join them?

I can’t. People love what I do. My music is for the people. Music is not for money making. It is for people to get a picture of what life is all about and what a Nigerian should be like. I am not going to run after politicians like some musicians do. Never! I am my own boss. I just can’t start doing flimsy music. My music is not something you sing today and tomorrow you forget about it.

You claimed you wrote the African Queen track that won Tuface awards.

Yes. I don’t regret writing that song. I wrote many songs when we were together as Plantashun Boys. If I should regret writing that song, that means I should regret writing all the other songs we wrote when we were together. I write songs. I have that talent. I have written songs for so many people.

How did Plantashun Boys come about?

I started doing music professionally with my friend Tuface and together we formed Plantashun Boys. Faze later joined us and we came out with the album, Body and Soul.

How did you meet Tuface?

We are from the same town. We lived on the same street in Otukpo, Benue State. We attended the same primary and secondary school. I then went to the Institute of Management and Technonlogy, Enugu. Tuface later came in and met me there. He told me he wanted to do music but he was having some kind of problems putting everything together. I told him I wanted to do music as well, so I suggested that we should form a band. That was how Plantashun Boys started before Faze came on board.

How did you meet Faze?

Faze was our friend. I took him to the first dance competition organised by Murphys in Lagos. I registered and paid for him. I saw he had the talent. At the end of the competition, Faze won. I don’t regret doing that. It is all good.

Do you think that the Plantashun Boys will ever come back together again?

The last album Plantashun Boys had was Plan B. But as for me, I will never go back to the studios for Plantashun Boys again. I have moved on.

You sing about the ills of the society, are you saying you are a saint and you do no ill?

What do I do? Do I embezzle the peoples’ money that is meant for light? Do I steal money that should have been used for good roads and hospitals?

But taking marijuana is one of the ills of the society…

Who said so? They don’t want you to take marijuana because when you take it, you say the truth. We want to say the truth, so we want marijuana. If they take it, they will do the right thing. That is why they will continue to be malicious and envious.
What do you hope to achieve in the nearest future?

I just want people to know that Blackface Naija came and was on this planet and he left some vibes for them to get some education.

Tell us a bit about Blackface…

My name is Ahmedu Augustine. I was born into the family of Ahmedu Ocholi. I attended Mount Saint Gabriel’s Secondary School, Markurdi, Benue State. That was where I got involved in music. I joined dance groups and the school choir.

I also attended the Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, where I got a diploma in Business Administration. I am married to a Yoruba girl and we have two kids.



By Nonye Iwuagwu
Published: Saturday, 19 Jul 2008


from sound city




http://www.soundcity.tv/snd/spot.php?id=21

The truth is that most Musicians can't compose songs, sing or even perform at shows without been on drugs especially MARYJ. 2face, Faze, D'banj, etc are all on Marijuanan but, the difference between them and the likes of Black face is that they tend to appear the way they are not

This is a line from one of 2pac's verses:
A WAR ON DRUG IS A WAR ON YOU

Can you trust anybody? Do you know what the lawmakers take all in the name of 'getting high'?

So lalaboi, don't make big issue out of Blackface statements about marijuana afterall, millitary men also smoke weed

@topic,

My people say if you wash bitter leaf, e still dey bitter.

abdurrazaq:

The truth is that most Musicians can't compose songs, sing or even perform at shows without been on drugs especially MARYJ. 2face, Faze, D'banj, etc are all on Marijuanan but, the difference between them and the likes of Black face is that they tend to appear the way they are not

This is a line from one of 2pac's verses:
A WAR ON DRUG IS A WAR ON YOU

Can you trust anybody? Do you know what the lawmakers take all in the name of 'getting high'?

So lalaboi, don't make big issue out of Blackface statements about marijuana afterall, millitary men also smoke weed

all i'm saying is, someone like him who claims to be fighting for the people and for whats right. promoting smoking of marijuana!??

how right is that?

@ lalaboi

why did you people hate this guy with passion.if it is music i am sure blackface naija can do something every body will relate too.but he has taking on what he want and it is for the good of the people listen to his song and tell me what he is saying is not right.


i am not in support off drug.too much of everything is bad so the saying.if you want to judge him on that then judge the likes of bob marley,fela,tu face,dbanj,2pac infact endless list.the guy just come out straight with who he is and i like real people so be realistic with life you can't find %100 perfect human the best you can do is take them as they are(live and let live).no body holy pass see him as you fellow human being and if you don't like is song listen to the once your like be it pop,rock or apala no lele.

and for mr fraud man your mountain is too low for the guy to climb the top.why don't you take time to face the person you send the money into is account rather then jumping at backface you shit for church big time the guy pass your 100k in folds no matter how poor you paint him most of you can't stand his bill.bow out

@woodboi, GOD bless you my brother. I don't support HARD DRUGS myself but lala boi seems to misunderstand my argyment up there

woodboi:

@ lalaboi

why did you people hate this guy with passion.if it is music i am sure blackface naija can do something every body will relate too.but he has taking on what he want and it is for the good of the people listen to his song and tell me what he is saying is not right.


i am not in support off drug.too much of everything is bad so the saying.if you want to judge him on that then judge the likes of bob marley,fela,tu face,dbanj,2pac infact endless list.the guy just come out straight with who he is and i like real people so be realistic with life you can't find %100 perfect human the best you can do is take them as they are(live and let live).no body holy pass see him as you fellow human being and if you don't like is song listen to the once your like be it pop,rock or apala no lele.
and for mr fraud man your mountain is too low for the guy to climb the top.why don't you take time to face the person you send the money into is account rather then jumping at backface you shit for church big time the guy pass your 100k in folds no matter how poor you paint him most of you can't stand his bill.bow out

@lalaboi, hope you get the highlighted better now.

yawn!!!!!!! just waking up, wats going on here

What a shame,