KCee reveals how he was defrauded of $70,000 for song remix

Nigerian singer, Kingsley Okonkwo popularly known as Kcee has revealed how he was defrauded of $70,000 for a song remix.

During a chat with content creator, Bae U on his YouTube series ‘Curiosity Made Me Ask’ the music icon talked about his music career and how he had stayed relevant in the industry despite having been around for more than three decades at the highest level.

The ‘Ojapiano’ hitmaker explained that he has not been doing remixes of his hit songs due to his experience with an American artiste.

Kcee recalled when he paid an unnamed American musician $70,000 to feature on his song about eight years ago, but the singer didn’t come through.

He revealed that American band One Republic reached out to him and asked for the opportunity to be on the remix of his song, Ojapiano, adding that he didn’t pay them for the collaboration.

In his words:

“Well I don’t need to say too much but I can’t pay anybody for a remix. Actually I tried to pay for a remix like about eight, nine years ago and they duped me about $70k and that was when I said I would never pay anybody a dime for collaboration.

“I didn’t beg them, they messaged me. The truth is the sound was very good. The sound was new and the sound was fresh.

“A lot of people tried to hit me up for a remix and anybody that knows me, I hardly do remixes of my hit songs. And most of my hit songs are always with me but this one when they came for it, I was like who am I, I was shocked.”