Portable during an interview with comedian, Nedu, also revealed the cause of the rift between him and Seyi Vibez
Kehinde Okeowo
Nigerian singer, Habeeb Olalomi Oyegbile, popularly known as Portable, has alleged that his colleague, Balogun Oluwaloseyi aka Seyi Vibez, copies Asake’s style of music.
The controversial artist made this known while featuring on the latest episode of The Honest Bunch podcast, co-hosted by actor, Nedu, where he also revealed the cause of the rift between them.
According to the ‘Zazu’ crooner, he performed at Seyi Vibez’s concert for free when he approached him, however, when it was his turn to return the favour, he chose to snub him.
Speaking during the chat, Portable said: “Seyi [Vibez] copies Asake; Mr Money.
“When I blew up, Seyi [Vibes] begged me to perform at his show. I didn’t receive a dime. I even spread N500,000. I was injured and robbed at his concert by hoodlums. They took all my jewelry. I didn’t ask Seyi to compensate me. It was my manager that I blamed for bringing me to the show.
“But when I was about to headline my own show at Fela [African] Shrine, I invited Seyi Vibez [who just hit stardom then] and he snubbed me. That is the genesis of the beef between me and Seyi Vibez.”
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He went on to say he will continue to “fight” Seyi Vibez with his “talent” as long as award organisers keep nominating Seyi as “Best Street Artist” ahead of him.
Portable also took a swipe at artists who use streaming farms to manipulate the positions of their songs on digital streaming platforms.
“I’m not a farmer, I’m a fisherman. There are farmer musicians and there are also fisherman musicians. Farmer musicians use streaming farms to boost their positions on charts. An artist who is number one today, after one week would be charting at 174. That shows that streaming farm is real in our industry.” he further said.
