Mlindo The Vocalist’s childhood friend responds to DJ Maphorisa’s [left] claims that he was backstabbed by the singer.
Image: Instagram/ DJ Maphorisa / Mlindo The Vocalist
This article has been updated to reflect a statement from Mlindo The Vocalist’s business partner Howard Gomba.
DJ Maphorisa has decided to let bygones be bygones and continue to make music with singer Mlindo the Vocalist despite their fallout.
In a lengthy Facebook post, DJ Maphorisa alleged Mlindo double-crossed him with his road manager Nyiko Bilankulu.
“It’s so crazy how people will backstab you. Mlindo the Vocalist came to Jozi. He didn’t know anyone and I had to get him a road manager. Cool. I asked Nyiko to help Mlindo. At that time Nyiko was super broke but a cool, hard-working guy so I gave him a chance, not knowing the devil.
“To cut the story short after two years I hear Nyiko is Mlindo’s manger. They cut off my percentage. He promoted himself. I said I will let them be even though I could take him back. I left them to do their thing,” he said.
Attempts by TshisaLIVE to get comment from Nyiko were unsuccessful at the time of publishing this article.
The DJ and producer alleged that though Mlindo had decided to do things independently despite their contractual agreement, he has since repented and wants to be a part of his record label Blaqboy again to continue making music with him.
“Now Mlindo says he wants to come back to Blaqboy but contractually his still my artist. I still love him. He’s my boy. We all make mistakes and we are going to make the next project. But what hurts me most is you give people food and they sh*t on you with the same food you gave them. I’m not mad. Why? Because I have build a big room for disappointment I have seen people come and go in my life, a lot.”
“Loyalty is key, guys. It unlocks especially the ones who do the most for you.”
Attempts by TshisaLIVE to get comment from DJ Maphorisa were unsuccessful at the time of publishing this article.
Mlindo The Vocalist refused to comment on the allegations but shared a statement made by his business partner and childhood friend Howard Gomba.
In his statement, Howard claimed that DJ Maphorisa wanted to persuade Mlindo to jump onto the amapiano wave which made him feel uncomfortable.
“Mlindo wants to come back to Blaqboy? Ok, he said to me he doesn’t wanna be under you any more because you persuading him to do amapiano, and collaborate with your other amapiano artists, which he’s not comfortable doing, and hence you left him and didn’t care about him for two years. So he is not loyal to both of us, he is not telling either side the truth. What happened to caring and looking for out for your artists?”
Commenting on the claims DJ Maphorisa made about Nyiko, Howard said he was the only one who supported Mlindo and his family when after the Izolo hitmaker neglected him for two years.
“You appointed Nyiko Nyiko as Mlindo’s road manager right? Who was Mlindo DJ? Who took Mlindo to gigs? Who was managing Mlindo? Who was taking care of Mlindo’s family? Who was always there when the young man got involved in incidents and accidents? I’m not fighting Themba, I’m just trying to get to the truth.”