{"id":451142,"date":"2025-12-17T04:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/17\/davido-brought-toxicity-rivalry-to-nigerian-music-industry-samklef-claims\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T04:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T04:28:12","slug":"davido-brought-toxicity-rivalry-to-nigerian-music-industry-samklef-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/17\/davido-brought-toxicity-rivalry-to-nigerian-music-industry-samklef-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Davido brought toxicity, rivalry to Nigerian music industry \u2013 Samklef claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/373\/37365418.295.jpg\" alt=\"Samklef (L) claimed that with Davido\u2019s entry came toxicity with cultist mindset\" title=\"Samklef (L) claimed that with Davido\u2019s entry came toxicity with cultist mindset\" width=\"295\" height=\"177\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Samklef (L) claimed that with Davido\u2019s entry came toxicity with cultist mindset<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Record producer, Samklef has accused singer, Davido of spearheading toxicity and rivalry in the Nigerian music industry.<\/p>\n<p>He made the claim while reacting to a tweet by fellow producer-turned-singer Pheelz, expressing concern over the toxicity and comparisons in the Nigerian music industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMusic was meant to be enjoyed, not to be compared. This comparison game is hurting the sound and culture more than we can ever know,\u201d Pheelz wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting, Samklef claimed that there was mutual respect in the Nigerian music industry when Wizkid and Olamide held sway as the young stars until Davido joined them.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that with Davido\u2019s entry came toxicity, \u201ccultist mindset,\u201d threats and streaming fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Samklef said that the music industry wasn\u2019t supposed to be competitive or a rivalry ground.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote, \u201cMusic was fun when we started. When Wizkid came, there was no comparison\u2014everything was pure love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOlamide came too, same thing. No pressure, no hatred, just music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen one Scorpio boy who moves like diddy..Davido entered, and since then the industry turned toxic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCultist mindset, threats, fake streams, dirty moves everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His submission sparked mixed reactions, with many berating him for singling Davido for blame for the decadence in the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Davido is yet to react to Samklef\u2019s allegations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samklef (L) claimed that with Davido\u2019s entry came toxicity with cultist mindset Record producer, Samklef has accused singer, Davido of spearheading toxicity and rivalry in the Nigerian music industry. He made the claim while reacting to a tweet by fellow producer-turned-singer Pheelz, expressing concern over the toxicity and comparisons in the Nigerian music industry. \u201cMusic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":451143,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-451142","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Davido brought toxicity, rivalry to Nigerian music industry \u2013 Samklef claims - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/12\/17\/davido-brought-toxicity-rivalry-to-nigerian-music-industry-samklef-claims\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Davido brought toxicity, rivalry to Nigerian music industry \u2013 Samklef claims - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Samklef (L) claimed that with Davido\u2019s entry came toxicity with cultist mindset Record producer, Samklef has accused singer, Davido of spearheading toxicity and rivalry in the Nigerian music industry. 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