Fashionable songstress, Omawumi, has debunked Timaya’s declare {that a} younger Burna Boy as soon as ordered her and Waje to go away the studio for doubting him.
DAILY POST recollects that Timaya had claimed in an interview in December final yr that Burna Boy as soon as ordered Omawumi and Waje out of the studio as a result of they doubted his prediction that he would finally be paid to board a non-public jet.
Reacting in a latest interview with Naija FM Lagos, Omawumi acknowledged that the purported studio drama by no means occurred.
She mentioned she felt irritated that Timaya concerned her in a condescending method whereas praising Burna Boy.
Omawumi mentioned, “That factor no occur. What damage me probably the most about it’s that I’ve been mates with Timaya. Timaya and Burna Boy, you recognize, [in this music industry] we accord everybody their respect. And I’m very massive on respect, that’s why I reciprocate. I don’t like speaking down on my colleagues. That’s how I constructed my model.
“To begin with, my irritation is that Timaya was making an attempt to make a degree about Burna Boy, why contain me? Why did he convey my identify into it? Additionally, this similar Timaya has been in lots of embarrassing conditions that I might by no means convey to the general public simply because I wish to promote my music. Even Burna Boy has by no means mentioned such issues. Each time he sees us, he respects us.
“So, why did Timaya really feel he might say such? He desires to tarnish the popularity of my model that I’ve labored to construct for nearly 20 years as a result of damaging information traits greater than excellent news. Now, when folks wish to speak about me, they might reference his declare that I used to be thrown out of the studio. I felt so irritated.
“I don’t care whether or not he mentioned it in a very good or dangerous gentle. Why did he concerned me within the first place? That incident by no means occurred. For context, the one time I’ve been in the identical area with Burna Boy, Waje and Timaya was in 2010 when Waje hosted us whereas she was recording a music with Burna Boy. And I left them there as a result of it was getting late. So, I don’t know when the incident of Burna Boy ordering I and Waje out of studio occurred.”
