Davido And HKN Gang In Alleged Theft

Davido's
HKN Gang
has been
accused
of
snatching
a music
producer
from a
record label, Born Winners Empire (BWE).
The artiste in the middle of the controversy is
Joshua Boafo, aka JoshBeatz.
On November 21, 2013, Davido took to twitter to
announce the signing of the music producer. He
wrote, 'welcome JoshBeatz to the family. HKN Gang
newest member. Congrats.'
According to Nigeriafilms.com, a signed statement
by BWE disclosed that Davido's tweet came as an
"embarrassment and sad surprise because Davido
is well aware that JoshBeatz is on a valid contract
with BWE" because "he and his crew have visited
our Lekki office/studios a few times when
JoshBeatz recorded him on a track for the
'JoshBeatz Mixtape.'
It was also stated in the press release that, "we
have utmost respect for Davido and HKN, and we
contacted them to verify the situation, but they said
it was just a random casual tweet by Davido and
they have no interest in signing the young producer.
Yet we continued to observe a manipulative and
deceitful under-the table approach to woo our
artist/producer."
"HKN further went ahead last week to release
recorded materials produced by JoshBeatz whom
they tagged 'HKN newly signed producer'.
"Music business is serious business, and there are
rules to the trade. We must put a stop to this hell-
destined 'Hustle and Blow' mentality and observe
mutual respect as music business professionals. In
an industry that is constantly faced with flagrant
disregard and abuse of contractual commitment, it
is disappointing that even well established record
labels will now manipulate and conspire with
Artistes to breach contracts. Its a shame indeed,"
BWE noted.
In view of this, the label "has opted to terminate his
(JoshBeatz) contract forthwith. We are not asking
for any damages, and we do not wish to be drawn
into controversies with anyone.
Source: Nigeriafilms.com