In the interview conducted at the Pulse office, Runtown spoke about his troubled relationship with his record label boss, Prince Okwudili Umenyiora [aka Dilly], the C.E.O of Dilly Motors.
Speaking
on the same day when a court injunction stopping Runtown from
commercially benefiting from his brand was made public. The singer
revealed that his relationship with his label was filled with contract
breaches, emotional abuse, threats to life and disrespect.
Runtown said from the start, there has always been problems, but he has endured for two years. “We
started running, we went for shows and everything, and when I requested
for my 35%, problem. I never got any 35% on it. They would always say,
‘We are pushing, we need to put more stuff (money) to push. The thing
went on until 2015, when I was working on my album”. revealed the singer.
He also revealed how his label boss pulled a gun on him, and threatened to kill him.
“In 2014, I went to London, and the label started
calling me and saying that ‘Why didn’t I tell anyone before going to
London?’ I didn’t go to London for shows or anything, I went there for
vacation. When I got back, I went to Mr Dilly’s house, and he started
ranting, and asking ‘Why did I travel?’ I told him that it’s just like
travelling to Enugu to see my mum, that it’s just London, just like
anywhere, that the contract does not state that I cannot have personal
travels.
“The next thing, He (Dilly)
pulled out a gun, and threatened me, and said he was going to f***k me
up. I felt scared and confused. I didn’t go to London to do a show and
they found out. I went there for my vacation. So the threats kept going
on.” Runtown said.
He also made claims that
his label boss, Dilly, who is banned from entering the UK promised him a
collaboration with Nicki Minaj, but refused to pay for the
collaboration, instead he was hoodwinked into signing a contract
extension. In the interview he also stated that the boss refused to pay
the balance for his video with DJ Khaled.
“He kept on calling about the Nicki Minaj people that he is ready to
play. Then he brought a contract extension for another two years
stating that if he pays for the Nicki Minaj deal, then he will need a
2-year extension to recoup his investment. I wasn’t around then, so the
management handed the contract to a guy we worked with, and dropped it
there. Neither I nor my manager, Aneto-Okeke Bugwu, were around. He
called me on the phone threatening me that if I don’t extend the
contract, he will kill me, and bury my career, and that he isn’t going
to release my album.” Said Runtown.
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