"Wizkid is a traitor & I don't like him anymore" -- Former producer & friend Samklef says

"Wizkid is a traitor & I don't like him anymore" -- Former producer & friend Samklef says

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Samklef, one of the producers who produced who
were part of Wizkid's rise to fame with hit singles
like Tease Me and five other songs in Wizkid’s first
album is currently not happy with him. While
speaking exclusively to Linda Ikeji’s blog, the
producer said Wizkid no longer work with him and
that he is painfully going about, talking down on his
talent.
“I’m not happy with Wizkid. I like his music, but I
don’t like him as a person anymore. The reason I
don’t like him anymore is, why do you go about
spoiling other people’s business? I never spoiled
your business, never came out to say anything bad
about you for four years. So why would you go to an
OAP and tell the OAP that the reason why you no
longer work with me is because my beat is amateur.
What does that mean? Those amateur beats was
what brought you to limelight, was what made you
meet the same Akon who first dropped ‘Don’t Dull’
on your voice.” Samklef said.
“I never downgraded him. I showed him love. I used
to go to his house…but he never came to mine. He
doesn’t know my house. He hasn’t even seen my son
before. It means he doesn’t regard me as a friend. I
wanted to feature him in one of my songs but this
guy kept posting me for years. That’s not even why I
am angry. I am angry because he’s going about
disrespecting my talent, saying these things in
public. It is annoying.
“I’m doing fine without Wizkid. I don’t want to say
I regret working with him but I’m thanking God that
we are all alive. But ask him, the people you are
going to feature in America, if they were like you,
would you meet them?
“I wish him luck. I don’t regret working with his
talent; I only regret working with his person. His
fame took him away. He forgot where he was coming
from. His person is very disgusting. There’s
something we call the grace of God.
“Before Wizkid got to where he is today, somebody
gave him a front line, somebody introduced him. He
didn’t just come from anywhere. Making music is
not just about one person. Banky was there to give
him the front line and others came to help out. I’m
not the only one complaining, other producers are
complaining. I don’t want to call names but nobody
is saying anything good about Wizkid and you call
yourself a superstar when you keep matching other
people down.
“What is the star about you? Is it because you are
featuring other foreign artists? You are not the
first to do that, others have done that before so why
are you carried away?
“I don’t want to do anything with Wizkid anymore.
Keep it to yourself, keep your name. I have new
friends and new family. But he can continue talking.
We are listening. I don’t wish him bad. He says my
beat is amateur but watch out for Samklef,” he said.

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The police officers fired for a kiss

The police officers fired for a kiss

By Unknown   07:25   No comments:

When is it OK to kiss a colleague? Two Tanzanian
police officers, whose kiss was widely shared on social
media, have prompted a discussion about just that -
and both have also lost their jobs.
A relationship with a colleague can throw up any
number of complications, but the two young police
officers in the picture may not have thought it would
end their careers. The photograph - taken in Kagera,
north west Tanzania - shows the pair kissing whilst
dressed in their work uniforms, and was considered
grounds for dismissal. Residents of the country have
taken to social media to voice their dismay.
The image was uploaded to the internet by a third
officer, who also took the photo, and drawn to the
attention of the authorities at the Kagera police force.
Henry Mwaibambe, the regional police commander,
spoke to the BBC about the steps taken, and defends
his department's decision. "We followed all disciplinary
procedures to make sure that they were given a chance
to defend themselves," he says. "The officer looking at
the case was convinced there was compelling evidence
against them, and that they had breached police code
of conduct. That's why they lost their jobs." In this
case it wasn't the kiss itself that led to their dismissal,
but the fact that that it happened in public, whilst in
uniform, and was subsequently posted online. Indeed,
the officer behind the camera also lost his job over the
incident.
The story was picked up by the local press last week,
and news of the punishment has surprised many on
social media. Most believed the response was
disproportionate. "They should have been reprimanded,
sacking them is extreme, huuh!" posted one on
Facebook . "I once saw a pic of former US President the
late Reagan kissing his wife in the Oval Office... and
nobody called for his impeachment," said another.
"Police couple kissing taken more serious than bribery,"
wrote a third on Twitter.
Masoud George, a lawyer at the Tanzania Legal and
Human Rights Center says that as severe as the
punishment seems, the decision is unlikely to be illegal.
"It is according to their code of conduct, so from a
legal point of view we can't say their dismissal was
unfair," he tells the BBC.

Source: bbc.com/trending

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