Bethel Okechukwu, a phone repairer turned singer, shared the old music video of his song ‘Catapult’ and revealed plans to remix it
By Kehinde Okeowo
Cubana Chief Priest’s alleged brother and singer, Bethel Okechukwu, aka Treater, has sent tongues wagging on social media after sharing his plan barely hours after receiving $30k (approximately N50m) from Afrobeats star, Burna Boy.
Bethel is one of the beneficiaries of the ongoing feud between Cubana Chief Priest and the ace singer.
Burna Boy pledged to give $30,000 to the phone repairer turn singer, who previously went viral for claiming he was struggling despite being a brother to flamboyant nightlife mogul, up Cubana Chief Priest.
Thereafter, content creator, Lucky Uduh in a now-viral video revealed that Burna Boy has fulfilled his promise.
Bethel confirmed the claim while expressing gratitude, saying God used the singer to lift him out of poverty.
“God is real, Odogwu @burnaboygram. God has used you to pull me out from poverty; I will be forever grateful, people, help me and thank him for me,” he wrote.
However, in a more recent post on his Instagram page, Bethel shared his old music video for his song ‘Catapult’ and revealed plans to remix it.
He went on to suggest that the lyrics in the old song had impacted his life, thus catapulting him to the next level. “Sometimes what we say with our mouth works for us, catapult me to next level, and he did it for me, chai, I go remix this song,” he wrote in a caption.
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After the post made the rounds, it elicited different reactions from Nigerian, while some encouraged him others didn’t.
An IG user identified as mrlukeson wrote: “Bro, don’t listen to anybody. People wey blow for the industry no get 2 heads. The truth is, make sure your next song is worth it and leave the rest for God who has started this in your life.”
Another netizen, oluwagifted12 said : “Singing like Rudeboy.”
mr_white7515 added: “Brother I no go lie for you the song dope. You sabi sing abeg and I pray may God show you way asap.”
Another internet user king_tochi_ also noted: “Good One tho but Stay Focused Bro Open ur shop first Den u fit Dey push ur musical career from there.”
While @ tonyparker221 wrote: “Oga focus on your phone parts and repairs.. it’s too early to start wasting your funds on music wey no send you before.. anyways if you fail this time which I pray you don’t, people go take you do content.. Shalom.”
Meanwhile, Cubana has insisted that the man Burna Boy gifted $30,000 was not his brother, stressing that he only has one biological brother and two sisters and they are doing well.
Speaking via his Instastory, he wrote, “Alleged brother! Skit makers f**kin oppressors. Dem don kneel am down, you go still bend am down because the pain must reach everybody, but my own be say No alert oh no cash oh I wan just dey sure say my village boy collect for real. Na still my glorious glory. Make una show workings; na musician you fit even give am verse. I have only one biological big brother & two kid sisters. They ain’t doing so bad.
“Regardless, I owe them nothing, na my money, make everybody find their own.”
