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Skales reveals how Naira Marley demanded his removal from a song they both featured in
Nigerian singer Skales recently shared a surprising incident where his colleague Naira Marley asked for his verse to be removed from a song they were both featured in by Tanzanian artist Harmonize.
Skales stated that he was taken aback when Harmonize called him to inform him about Naira Marley’s decision, as there was no apparent disagreement or beef between them. It was unexpected because Skales had previously played a role in introducing Harmonize to Naira Marley and facilitated their collaboration on the song.
The ‘Shake Body’ crooner revealed these details during his appearance on the Doyin’s Corner audiovisual podcast.
He said, “I want to share a story that I still find crazy, you know. I have never said this before, but this is going to be my first time. So I have this brother from Tanzania, he is one of the biggest artists from East Africa, as a matter of fact, Africa. His name is Harmonize.
“So he was working on his album, he came to Nigeria. I remember I took him to Naira Marley’s house. It was all good vibes and everything. The song he did with Naira Marley, he hit me up and said I want you to give me a verse on this song. And I did it. I sent it to him. It was dope. He was like, I like it blablabla. Then weeks later, he called me and said, ‘Do you have a beef with Naira Marley?’ And I was like, ‘Beef? We were all chilling. What is going on?’
“He was like, ‘Naira Marley just called me and told me to take your verse off the song that he didn’t know I was going to be the artist involved.’ I was like, cool mehn, bro you need this thing to happen so take me off it.”