RMG is Munachi Abii's record label/management, the label boss, Ayo Shonaiya released a statement to quell the feud between her and Mode9. Whatchyu all think? Read release after the crazy tweets below
To
Whom It May Concern.
It has come to my attention that the unfortunate
incident that occurred at the Nokia “Don’t Break The Beat” competition on
Saturday the 28th of April 2012, where RMG artiste Muna was a Presenter, and
Nigerian rap icon Mode 9 was a Judge, has turned into a media/blog
frenzy.
This unfortunate misunderstanding happened on stage, and the
verbal exchange between Muna and Mode 9, even though it started
out as opinions quickly escalated into what
I’m sure we all have seen in the
clip posted on the Internet by Nigezie.
Mode 9 and Muna did not have any pre-existing misunderstanding or “beef”
before the Nokia event. Muna’s brief as a Presenter, aside introducing the
Contestants and asking the Judges for their remarks and scores, was to add more
banter to the judging process, this she had done very well and incident free
throughout the Zonal “rap battles” in cities like Lagos, Enugu, Benin and
Abuja.
As Muna’s management, we are duty bound to take care of this
situation professionally, issue statements and all that, but as I’m in a
privileged position and I know all parties involved personally, including
co-judges Rogba (CEO, Knighthouse) and DJ Jimmy Jatt, I had called everyone
involved to sort out this unfortunate issue amongst ourselves the morning after
the incident. The clip of the incident surfacing on the Internet only just
re-ignited what we’ve been trying to diffuse since the very next day.
Like I said, we all have seen the video clip, and the interviews that followed,
and of course the onslaught of comments on the internet, the justified, the
objective, the insults, the threats of violence and of course a few sensible and
supportive ones as well. Time will tell if Muna and Mode 9 trending on Twitter
would prove to be a good thing and we’ll all get together and laugh about it
later.
Muna is a fast rising talent in the rap game, this was
recognized by Nokia who gave her the opportunity to appear in their TV
commercial and also present the “Don’t Break The Beat” competition
which was a massive success. The brand also showed some street cred by employing
the undisputed knowledge of rap in appointing Mode 9 as the Head Judge at the
Finals. We would like to thank Nokia and the team at YDx for putting together a
successful competition.
Lastly, I would like to reiterate that this
issue will not be resolved publicly and played out in the media or on blog pages
for the amusement and enjoyment of gossip junkies and gist merchants. I’m sorry
to disappoint those who are waiting with their mouths open, there will be no
leaked emails, back and forth exclusive interviews or Twitter “gangsterisms”. At
least not from our side, and as you all know, Mode 9 is big a man enough not to
subscribe to media hype over something that, quite rightly, he took as
disrespectful but not life threatening. This is Hip Hop, not the Civil War Part
2.
Ayo Shonaiya
The RMG Company.”
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