{"id":22275,"date":"2011-12-27T05:24:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-27T05:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/about-akons-deal-with-p-square2face-wizkid-2face-wizkid-say-nop-square-say-yes\/"},"modified":"2011-12-27T05:24:10","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T05:24:10","slug":"about-akons-deal-with-p-square2face-wizkid-2face-wizkid-say-nop-square-say-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/27\/about-akons-deal-with-p-square2face-wizkid-2face-wizkid-say-nop-square-say-yes\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT AKON&#8217;S DEAL WITH P-SQUARE,2FACE &#038; WIZKID&#8211;2FACE &#038; WIZKID SAY NO,P-SQUARE SAY YES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"70.507317073171\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Click for Full Image Size\" onclick=\"window.location='\/image_preview2.asp?img=YWtvbjJmYWNld2tpZC5qcGc=';\" class=\"img1 c6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/1d5fimage.aspx_.jpg\" border=\"1\" \/><br \/>Last week news filtered the air that US-based Senegal-born singer Akon Signed 3 Nigerian artistes;2face,P-Square and Wizkid as representatives of his Konvict Music record label in Africa.The dark complexioned US singer was said to have announced this at a press conference to officially unveil a new Energy Drink Citron which held at Jay Jay Okocha\u2019s lounge,Club 10.<\/p>\n<p>Since the news broke,the trio have been the subject of discussion on all social utility sites as millions of their fans congratulated them on this feat.<br \/>But is it true they have been signed on?<\/p>\n<p>We put a call across to the artistes to confirm the genuity of the deal.While the management of 2face and Wizkid denied the story,P-Square said they have truly signed a deal with Akon.<\/p>\n<p>According to Banky W,one of the owners of E.M.E Records:\u201d <strong>Yes we are into talks with Akon based on a synergy between Konvict Music and E.M.E Records.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t speak for other artistes ooo,but we have not signed any deal yet with Akon.Wizkid\u2019s album has done so well in Nigeria and we are thinking of releasing the international edition of the album Superstar.To achieve this,Wizkid would have to feature Akon in the international edition and through Konvict Record,we can break into the U.S market.Also for Akon to make a statement in Nigeria the synergy is just proper for him to gain grounds here\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Efe Omoregie the Manager of 2face when asked about the deal said:\u201d <strong>It will not be a bad idea to work with Akon but the fact remains that there is no deal between Akon and 2face.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have not signed any deal with Akon\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lastly P-Square manager Jude Okoye said they have signed a deal with Akon:\u201d <strong>Ha ha ! no be big deal now! Everybody is talking about it and we have been receiving a lot of calls but we don\u2019t see it as a big deal.Yes we have signed a deal with Akon and didn\u2019t intend talking about it now until he blew it at the event.As for other artistes involved,I can\u2019t speak for them\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click the link below to go to&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriafilms.com\/news\/15042\/3\/american-singer-akon-signs-2facep-square-wizkid-to.html\">AMERICAN SINGER AKON SIGNS 2FACE,P-SQUARE &#038; WIZKID TO HIS RECORD LABEL<\/a><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Do you have a story\/gist for publication? Please email it to story@nigeriafilms.com<\/span><\/p>\n<div readability=\"14.851351351351\">\n<div readability=\"5.9741379310345\">\n<p><strong>love | 12\/27\/2011 6:30:45 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>if u like sign death sentence with Akon that all ur luck na una sabi.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriafilms.com\/news\/15151\/7\/about-akons-deal-with-p-square2face-wizkid-2face-w.html\">Reply this thread<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.286713286713\">\n<p><strong>anna | 12\/27\/2011 6:37:23 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The fact dat dey signed a deal with akon doesnt mean dey were signed to akon&#8217;s label,just a partnership.Na 9ja dey misinterprete lyk we dnt understand english,Akon twitted in 9ja with wiz,2face and psquare.How does it corespond to signing?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriafilms.com\/news\/15151\/7\/about-akons-deal-with-p-square2face-wizkid-2face-w.html\">Reply this thread<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"12.569200779727\">\n<p><strong>Chris | 12\/27\/2011 7:00:22 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>noone of them are really signed! Akon just tweeted In Nigeria with my brothers about to take over Africa with @2faceidibia and @wizkidayo big up to P-square ( with a pic )<\/p>\n<p>and RT&#8217;ed this: AkKonvict Akon Fanatics<br \/>#freshNEWS ~ @AKON announces @wizkidayo @PeterPsquare &#038; @2faceidibia as representatives of #KonvictMuzik in Nigeria > 360nobs.com\/2011\/12\/360tit\u2026 <\n\nand the whole twitter thinks he signed them, while they just are representatives of Konvict Muzik&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriafilms.com\/news\/15151\/7\/about-akons-deal-with-p-square2face-wizkid-2face-w.html\">Reply this thread<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"7.2727272727273\">\n<p><strong>Clement ekpo | 12\/27\/2011 7:15:15 AM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No big deal de my guys iam psquare fan bet 4 dis issue i it hing de no wetin good 4 them money comes and go but ur name na e go stsn<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nigeriafilms.com\/news\/15151\/7\/about-akons-deal-with-p-square2face-wizkid-2face-w.html\">Reply this thread<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Last week news filtered the air that US-based Senegal-born singer Akon Signed 3 Nigerian artistes;2face,P-Square and Wizkid as representatives of his Konvict Music record label in Africa.The dark complexioned US singer was said to have announced this at a press conference to officially unveil a new Energy Drink Citron which held at Jay Jay Okocha\u2019s lounge,Club 10. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ABOUT AKON&#039;S DEAL WITH P-SQUARE,2FACE &amp; 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