- Singer Spyro has threatened legal action against bloggers for reporting that he would never feature Portable due to his perceived lack of quality as an artist.
- The singer issued a threat through his management, TAP Music Entertainment Limited.
- Spyro, in an interview with Do2dtoun, stated that he cannot write a song for Portable due to his distinct music style from Zazu.
Singer Spyro has threatened to sue blogs who reported that he will never feature Portable because he is not a good artist.
The musician made the threat in a recent statement issued by his management, TAP Music Entertainment Limited.
According to the statement, Spyro spoke with media personality Do2dtoun and indicated that he would be unable to write a song for Portable since his musical style differs from that of the Zazu singer.
According to several media sources, Spyro said he can’t work with Portable since the latter isn’t a skilled artist.
In the statement, Spryo’s management denied the accusation and issued a seven-day deadline to the bloggers who reported the news or face legal action. The statement reads, in part:
“As a team, we wish to use this medium to unequivocally state that at no time did Spyro outrightly state that he would not feature Portable or ever state that Portable is not a good artiste. Spyro, had in actual fact, given multiple accolades to the ingenuity of Portable in the full-on thirty minutes’ interview session.
“It is no gainsaying to state that Spyro’s predominant music genres are Afropop and R&B while Portable performs street-hop. Hence, it was not out of place, during the said interview session, for Spyro to have mentioned that he does not envisage writing a song for Portable. As simple and as evident as this is, it has come to our attention that some Nigerian fans and netizens, bloggers (such as the “Wahalanetwork”), have taken it upon themselves to misrepresent the facts and to publish defamatory statements in order to bring to disrepute the name, image and brand of Spyro.
“We would like to bring to the attention of media houses to seize to publish defamatory contents against Spyro as this is a tortious act and a cause of legal actions against anyone who willfully and knowingly publishes malicious, defamatory statements and willfully misrepresent facts. Based on the foregoing, we hereby demand that the posts made by Wahalanetwork, other bloggers and Netizens on this issue be taken down and expunged within seven (7) days. Where these posts are not taken down, we will not hesitate to institute legal action”
