Singer, Michael Olayinka, popularly often known as Ruger, has claimed that he was blacklisted by each followers and music business practitioners after he left his former document label, Jonzing World, in a controversial method.
He defined that some followers cancelled him and a few of his colleagues distanced themselves from him through the interval.
Talking in a latest episode of the Afrobeats Intelligence podcast, Ruger stated, “After leaving the label [Jonzing World], there have been a whole lot of feedback about it. Some individuals have been saying, ‘That is the final yr you’re going to tour’, ‘That is the tip’, ‘You’re completed’, this and that.
“Not all people have been prepared to assist me as a result of the general public sentiment as soon as you permit a label in Nigeria is that you’re ungrateful. Many individuals don’t wish to affiliate with that individual, even these in the identical business. It occurs.”
On how he bounced again, the singer stated, “I used to be battling cancel tradition. I needed to meet lots of people and reintroduce myself. I used to be doing a whole lot of issues from the scratch. It’s nerve-racking, I’m not going to lie. It’s not simple to depart a label. You need to construct your individual system. It was identical to beginning all the pieces over once more. However as a result of I used to be robust inside -I used to be additionally down however I used to be nonetheless strong- I triumphed.”
Ruger exited Jonzing World in 2024 to start out his personal outfit, Blown Boy Leisure, following a fallout together with his document label boss D’Prince.
