Blackface will come to his senses one day, 2Baba addresses ‘African Queen’ controversy

Nigerian tune icon, Harmless Ujah Idibia, popularly is named 2Face or 2Baba, has brushed aside lengthy-standing claims that he stole the hit tune “African Queen” from his feeble Plantashun Boiz bandmate, Blackface.

The award-winning singer spoke one day of a contemporary episode of the 234 Mzansi Podcast, which used to be aired on Monday and co-hosted by comedian actor Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, additionally is named Nedu.

Based mostly totally mostly on 2Face, “African Queen” used to be a joint effort, even though he in my blueprint wrote a mammoth section of the lyrics.

He expressed confusion over Blackface’s precise accusations, in conjunction with that he believes his feeble buddy would at final admit the actual fact.

“It’s a collabo. I wrote numerous the tune in fact, nonetheless we wrote the tune collectively fundamentally… He [Blackface Naija] will come to his senses at some point soon,” the singer said.

Since its start in 2004, “African Queen” has change into one of Nigeria’s most iconic cherish songs. It catapulted 2Face into global reputation and played a important role in putting Afrobeats on the world draw.

The tune made history as the major ever to be played on MTV Irascible Africa and additionally featured in the 2006 Hollywood movie “Phat Girlz”.

Following the note’s success, 2Face went on to grab top world awards, in conjunction with the MTV Europe Song Award, MOBO Award, and later became a joint winner on the BET Awards, the major African act to enact that feat.

As of the time of submitting this tell, Blackface is yet to answer to 2Face’s most modern feedback.