DJ Neptune breaks silence on Laycon’s claim of unpaid royalty

The Nigerian disc jockey born Imohiosen Patrick, DJ Neptune has addressed a fraudulent claim made by the winner of BBNaija lockdown edition 2020, Olamilekan Agbeleshe, popularly known as Laycon.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the reality star cum rapper via his microblogging platform, X formerly Twitter last month claimed the disc jockey has yet to pay him his “agreement and split” for their collaborative song ‘Nobody (Icons remix)’.

The 29-year-old reality star who expressed displeasure over the “silence from Neptune for four years” stressed the need for artistes to adhere to agreements in the music industry.

“Abeg o, DJ Neptune how far my agreement and split for the “Nobody (Icons Remix)” song though. Is it not still ready? Haba it’s been 4 years,” he wrote.

Reacting, the popular DJ expressed disappointment at the reality star,  for calling him out on social media.

The entertainer in a recent episode of the ‘Zero Conditions’ podcast, stressed that he did not defraud the singer

Neptune said Laycon’s team was offered a percentage of the royalties, but they declined the offer, adding that the song’s distribution deal included advanced marketing expenses that needed to be recouped.

He said, “Laycon is my brother regardless. Let me just establish here that nobody ate anybody’s money. I want to believe that you know the music business.

“When you have a deal with a distro company or a label and you’re being given advanced marketing money to push the music, the video, or whatnot. They have to recoup. It’s a return on investment.

“So that’s where we are with ‘Nobody Icons’ Remix’. What Laycon is fighting for is the documentation. In all fairness to him, he reached out to me. So it wasn’t like anyone was cheating anyone. When Laycon reached out to me, I referred to my legal team. I even asked him for his lawyer’s contact which he sent to me and I forwarded it to them.

“I’m not a legal personnel. I’m a creative. I have to perform and take care of my family. So I have put this in the hands of people who will handle it. And then there was a conversation that was ongoing — between our lawyers]. So I guess, maybe my fault was not going back to find out what was going on. But a certain percentage was proposed to Laycon’s team and they kicked back at it. And the conversation was just there.”