Rafioso has waded into the rift between Timaya and Eedris Abdulkareem

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We haven’t yet heard the last of the skirmish between Timaya and Eedris Abdulkareem.

 

Recall that an angry Timaya heaped loads of insult on Eedris Abdulkareem in a rant video, where he claimed that Eedris was not nice to a lot of people including Rafioso, who was with Eedris at the time that Timaya was a backup singer to Eedris.

In the video Timaya had referenced Rafioso: “How many people don blown through you? How many people have you helped? Where is them Rafioso, all those people wey dey with you? You dey come open your mouth dey talk because people never answer you”

The video followed comments by Eedris that Timaya had forgotten those who helped him (Timaya) during the early stages of Timaya’s career.

 

In a what looks like a plot twist, Rafioso, is singing a tune, different from that of Timaya’s Punch Saturday Beat reports.

According to Rafioso, Eedris treated everyone under him with love and further shared an experience where he said that the “Mr Lecturer” singer saved Timaya’s life.

“There was a time we went to a show at Ogun State University. I was already asleep in my room during the show but I learnt that Timaya insisted that he wanted to perform last after Eedris was done with his performance. The show promoters were not comfortable with the arrangement because Eedris was his boss. Eedris agreed and when he went on stage, the tempo was very high but when it was Timaya’s turn to perform, they were not feeling him anymore. The people began to insult him and Timaya insulted them back. When he came down from the stage, the cult boys in the school followed him because they wanted to beat him up. The next thing I heard on my door was a loud bang, it was Eedris at my door shouting that I should wake up because the boys wanted to kill Timaya. We went to where Timaya was and brought him to my room where he slept that night. You can ask Timaya or the show promoter, Offshore, he would tell you the truth. Spydaman was at the show among other artistes. The cult boys began to look for Timaya for insulting them but we hid him in our room. Early in the morning, we had to move out.”

 

Raofioso also took exception to Timaya saying that he, rafioso has gone into oblivion.

“I don’t know why he called my name and said that I am nowhere to be found. You don’t say that. He should speak for himself and not for me. I am doing very well. I am an artist and a show promoter; I also have other businesses I am into. I have houses and tenants. I don’t understand why Timaya mentioned my name. I was with Eedris for more than 16 years and he helped me. He showed me love just like he did to everybody.”

 

Rafioso also insisted that Eedris was very supportive to his back up singers.

“To be honest, Eedris can cut his arm and leg just to help someone. Whenever they gave him money, there was a boutique where he normally bought clothes; he would call the owner of the shop to bring costumes. We would all pick costumes and Eedris would be the one to pay for them. After everything, he would still give us money. Timaya was not based in Lagos at the time, he was in Port-Harcourt and he only came down to Lagos anytime he heard we had a show. Whenever we had a show, we had a standby bus that conveyed us to the venue and back home but since Timaya was coming from Port-Harcourt, we could not wait for him so he had to come and meet us at the venue of the event. Eedris treated all of us fine.

 

He also revealed that Eedris provided career advice to his singers.

“The problem is that when Timaya came, he did not come to Eedris as a singer but as a dancer. He is a very good dancer. Eedris could be harsh when he wants to advise you so he advised us on how to explore our different talents. As for me, I was into acting before I got in contact with Eedris, I was in Kiddies Vision 101 with Denrele. When I met Eedris, he advised me that I could sing because I have a good voice. He put me through and he encouraged me.”

 

On the rant video that Timaya posted, Rafioso, had the following to say:

“When I watched Timaya’s video and saw that he said Eedris did not treat him right, I did not understand what he meant. When I first joined the crew, I did not get to see Eedris all the time. He was always inside so we had to relate with his manager. He was not someone you could walk up to like that because there was protocol. The compound was very big so whenever we got to his place, we would sit under a tree and we ate whatever we wanted to eat because they would bring food for us. Timaya was not the only one with Eedris, there were so many people with him. I remember Eedris told Timaya then that he should stop singing and try to sing a song about his dialect or where he is from. I sincerely apologise on behalf of Eedris to the likes of Tuface, D’banj, Davido, Mr Eazi and every other person he insulted except Timaya,” Rafioso said.

 

On the allegations that Eedris uses marijuana, Rafioso simply said,

“Ask Timaya if he smokes Indian hemp as well. That should answer your question.”

 

Sidomex

Looks like it’s all really a question of misunderstanding, throw in ego as well. Nothing that a good conversation cannot iron but the big question is: who between the two big stars will take on the role of the bigger man, and initiate the conversation?

 

 

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