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Foolish Idiots – Skales Calls Out Nigerian Police for Alleged Harassment and Extortion Attempt

Nigerian singer, Skales has lashed out at the Nigerian police.
He narrated a sad experience with police officers yesterday who stopped him and demanded for ‘Christmas’ money.
According to the singer, when he refused to give the officers money, they pointed guns at him and others while threatening to delay him.
He wrote:
“Nigerian police will not stop being a joke …so yesterday the Nigerian police under the bridge close to magodo as if you’re going to fela shrine/agidingbi stopped us on our way to city fm last night & displayed plenty madness of pointing guns at us as if we were criminals after they finished their usual b.s they now asked for money for Christmas then I said I swear I’m not giving and we are late for an interview … they said a lot of rubbish .. that they would delay us and search us … and I said my level of hatred for this joke called Nigerian police force will not let me want to ever be at your mercy so we dropped for them to search.. this stupid Nigerian police men saw bundles of cash and started saying ok so you get money you no want give us we go show you today.. I laughed and said you no go like public embarrassment my guy..  after they searched and saw nothing .. they asked for papers also.. that too was good baba come they say God save you .. we been wan show you pepper … Nigerian police force e no go better for una … Nigerian police I will never respect those fools.. useless people na only to stop Benz una sabi when yawa gas una go gbes .. foolish idiots”
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Singer, Skales Blasts Artistes Who Ignore Local Media

Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, the famous Nigerian singer, who is popularly known as Skales, has slammed his colleagues who ignore the local media.

In recent years, established Nigerian artists have been ditching local media houses for foreign platforms.

Reacting to the ugly trend on the latest episode of the ‘Listen’ podcast, Skales described the actions of those who ignored the local media as “crazy.”

He said, “Any artiste that ignores the local media is really crazy because this is our own. Tearing down our own to go build foreigners’ own. Foreigners that don’t care about us.

“Whether my colleagues like it or not, the local media contributed to their growth. If they didn’t help them, the foreign media they are running to today wouldn’t have known them.”

He also said some of his colleagues who are now publicly ditching afrobeats after benefiting from the genre are “ungrateful.”

Skales added, “our artists need to be careful not to tear down what built us because we are trying to impress the world.”

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Burna Had No Hit Song Before I Featured Him, I Also Inspired Him – Skales

Nigerian singer, Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, popularly known as Skales has stated that when he featured Grammy winner, Burna Boy in 2017, he had no hit.
This is as he claimed that he also inspired his Burna Boy, at some point in his career.
Speaking in a recent interview with Naija FM, Lagos, Skales claimed that before he featured Burna Boy on ‘Temper Remix’ in 2017, the Port Harcourt-born singer had no hit song.
He, however, added that Burna Boy has also inspired him over the years.
He explained that the essence of collaboration is to support and promote each other.
“I inspired Burna Boy. He will agree with me. So, nobody help anybody. We probably admire ourselves and we decide to work together.
 
“As at then, Burna boy had no hot song before I featured him on ‘Temper Remix.’
 
“It was after our collaboration that he started excelling. I’m not trying to take credit for his success but he has inspired me over the years and I believe I inspired him at a point, too,” Skales said.
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I Wish I Could Bring My Mother Back to Life – Skales

Nigerian singer, Raoul John Njeng-Njeng aka Skales has revealed his only wish in life.
According to the ‘Shake Body’ crooner, his only wish is to bring him mom back to life.
“Men, I wish I could bring back my mother,” he wrote on X, sparking fans’ emotions.
Skales lost his mum in October 2022.
In a recent interview with VJ Adams, the 33-year-old singer revealed that he started regretting not having children early enough before his mother died.
According to him, his mum’s death made him realise that he was the only person left in his bloodline.


“Right now, I regret not having baby mamas. I really regret it. I’m like the only person in my bloodline that is alive right now. So, the whole bloodline relies on me to produce [children],” he said.

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I Wish Nigerian Pastors Will Teach About Healings Instead Of Money Doubling Sermons And Film Tricks – Singer, Skales

Popular singer, Skales has given his opinion on what Nigerian pastors should be teaching their members.

In a post on X, he stated that Nigerian pastors should focus on teaching their members about healing and prosperity that comes from loving God and obeying his commandments rather than money-doubling sermons and film tricks.

He wrote;

‘’I wish pastors especially Nigerian pastors will teach that all healings, prosperity etc will come from just loving God and loving God is obeying his commandments simple it’s in the Bible instead of all this money doubling sermons and film tricks… May God continue to have mercy on us all !!!”

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I Wrote Hit Songs For Wizkid – Skales Claims

Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, a popular Nigerian singer, who is better known as Skales, has claimed that he wrote a lot of hit songs for his colleague, Wizkid, during their days at Empire Mates Entertainment, EME.

Appearing on ‘Curiosity Made Me Ask’ hosted by content creator, Bae U Barbie, Skales revealed he has co-wrote some of the songs in Wizkid’s debut album, ‘Super Star,’ including the bonus track ‘Wiz Party.’

He, however, admitted that Wizkid also wrote songs for him, including the hit ‘Mukulu.’

He said, “Back in EME, we were a team so we used to write songs for each other. I wrote songs for Wizkid. He also wrote songs for me, too.

“He wrote ‘Mukulu’ for me and I wrote his song ‘Wiz Party.’ As I said, EME was a collective, so we did teamwork.”

Wizkid and Skales were among the first artists signed to EME by R&B star and music executive, Banky W, in the early 2010s.

The record label brought the singers to the spotlight.

They both later left the label after a series of disagreements with Banky W.

In an interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu a few years ago, Banky W revealed that Wizkid was owed EME three albums based on his initial contract with the label.

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Skales Narrates How He Almost Ended Girl’s Life After Hitting Her With His Car

Nigerian artist Skales has shared a personal story how he nearly killed a girl with his car.
He stated that he knocked the girl down while driving on the Lekki-Epe expressway.
According to him, while he was driving a girl ran into the expressway where he was driving at top speed and he hit her with his car.
Skales disclosed how scared he was after seeing the girl’s body flip into the air and thought she died. He disclosed how he rushed her to the hospital for immediate treatment.
Skales has however called on the government to provide pedestrian lanes at the expressway to avoid any casualties.
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How Naira Marley Demanded My Removal From Song We Featured In – Skales Reveals

Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, the popular Nigerian singer, who is famously known as Skales, has talked about his colleague, Naira Marley,

He recounted how Naira Marley asked that his (Skales) verse be removed from a song by a Tanzanian artist, Harmonize featuring both of them.

Skales said he was shocked when Harmonize called to inform him about Naira Marley’s position because there was no beef between them.

He said he was the one who took the Tanzanian artist to Naira Marley’s house to record the song.

The ‘Shake Body’ crooner disclosed this while appearing on the latest episode of the Doyin’s Corner audiovisual podcast.

He said, “I want to share a story that I still find crazy, you know. I have never said this before, but this is going to be my first time. So I have this brother from Tanzania, he is one of the biggest artists from East Africa, as a matter of fact, Africa. His name is Harmonize.

“So he was working on his album, he came to Nigeria. I remember I took him to Naira Marley’s house. It was all good vibes and everything. The song he did with Naira Marley, he hit me up and said I want you to give me a verse on this song. And I did it. I sent it to him. It was dope. He was like, I like it blablabla. Then weeks later, he called me and said, ‘Do you have a beef with Naira Marley?’ And I was like, ‘Beef? We were all chilling. What is going on?’

“He was like, ‘Naira Marley just called me and told me to take your verse off the song that he didn’t know I was going to be the artist involved.’ I was like, cool mehn, bro you need this thing to happen so take me off it.”

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I Was Four Years Old When My Dad Abandoned Us, I Don’t Even Know Him – Skales

Nigerian rapper and singer, John Njenga-Njeng aka Skales has revealed that he doesn’t know what his father looks like.
According to him, his father abandoned him, his sibling, and his mother when he was 4 years old.
Skales in a recent interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, said he doesn’t know what his biological father looks like.
According to him, his dad abandoned his family and his mother did menial jobs to cater for him and train him through school.
The singer said he regretted not asking his mum about the identity of his dad because talking about it, will make her sad.
Skales further said the only thing he remembers about his father was his beard and how he kissed him on the forehead before leaving them.
He added that prior to the demise of his mother, he also worked hard as a kid to support her.
He said: “That’s one mystery that I’ve not been able to solve like I don’t even know what my dad looks like. The only thing I can remember about my dad was the day he was leaving us.
 
‘He came to kiss me on the forehead and I remembered he had a beard. But I can’t remember the other things because I was so young. I was like four or five years old.
“I have tried to ask my mum. But then, again, because I really love my mom and I hate when my mum is sad, I feel like, okay, it’s going to make her sad. I never asked.”
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What Timaya Did After Discovering I Was Homeless – Skales

Nigerian singer, John Njeng-Njeng aka Skales has revealed what singer Timaya did after finding out that he was homeless.
According to him, Timaya broke down in tears after discovering his ordeal following his sack from the Empire Mates Entertainment, EME, record label.
Skales, during an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, said he was always working with Timaya and often sleeps in his car after the close of work.
However, his senior colleague was unaware of his predicament and felt so bad after discovering that he was homeless.
Skales further revealed that Timaya offered him his penthouse which he was not using at the time.
He said: “Yes I was homeless. wasn’t making money, as at that time, I wasn’t making money, it was only Banky and Wiz. I mean I was making money but it was not plenty. And I was also a young chap still trying to figure out life. So I’m like, I don’t have guidance, I’m just in these streets by myself, really.
 
“Even though, as much as I hate to blame whatever mistakes on that, but really I didn’t have no guidance, I didn’t have much money, the house I was staying, they rented it, so when the deal was off, I had to leave. You know, so I didn’t know what to do, I hit the streets and I’m not much of a going to be begging anybody for anything.
 
“Just still believed okay I have to keep going, I had just this Ford Explorer, my studio is my baby so I had my clothes, my shoes in the boot. I mean I didn’t have much because everything I had in the house was theirs. I could just drive to anybody’s house that’s my friend, anytime we finish work, I’ll always make sure I leave late.
 
“So after I finish doing work, which was mostly with Timaya, I’ll just go to my car and pass out, the next morning, I’ll probably pull up in the house like ‘Yo I want to use your bathroom, I only have my toothpaste and my brush then I’ll just go brush my teeth real quick. I was good vibes so everybody wanted me around you know. But only myself and one of my friends knew what I was going through but a lot of people didn’t know.
 
“So one day, Timaya found out and he actually cried, he felt so bad because I was always with them, I was always chilling, and he didn’t know what was going on. So when he found out, he was like, there’s this penthouse that he doesn’t use for anything, he now told me to move in there.”