Boy Spyce: “Stop Paying People to Tell The World You’re Dope”
Talented singer, Gbekile David Osemeke popularly known as Boy Spyce comes down hard on artistes who pay influencers to hype their music.
In a video online, the Mavin act was captured in an interview session with Cool FM expressing how pissed he is with artiste who go extra miles to pay social media influencers to promote their music.
The singer further revealed how the act makes you look unreal, and how genuity should be prioritized in the industry.
He also noted that the industry is too large, and artistes cannot gain validity and will not stand the test of time engaging in such act.
Bragging about himself in regards to the topic in contention, Boy Spyce said – “I’m confident in myself, I can’t do that”.
Speaking to the host, Spyce said he’s fully aware that his opinion might bruise many shoulders but he doesn’t care as he emphasized “artistes need to stop paying people to tell the world you’re dope, show the world you’re dope”.
Watch him speak in the video below:
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Spyce’s opinion stirred reactions from netizens;
Sir_versatile1 said: “When don jazzy say you need 50m to 100m to promote artist this one nor kno say weytin e Dey talk so Dey among😂😂😂”
bst_depro reacted: “Because you see platform to show yourself nhh … A lot wey no get platform gets their attention through those influencers…”
arowolomarlians said: “Werey no be wetin make pple know you? Ask don jazzy😭😂”
oversabi_pikin said:”Like say dem no dey do am for you! Perception is part of the business. Even Major Labels dey run am. It’s called Vanity Metrics. It’s Just like people who buy views or comments. They get 5m views, they then buy 2m extra to make it 7m. Even Instagram comments. People buy and extra 30% to make it look like they have a massive engagement. We know the ones who do. It’s part of the business. Even your camp dey run am.”
blessedheart5455 wrote: “Guy if no he don jazzy . That gives you the hipe . You no sabi”
martins_smart2 wrote: “Will you keep quiet“