Afrobeats star Teni and music producer Oluwaseyi Akerele better known as Shizzi had a drawn-out battle of words on Twitter over who produced her hit song “Case”.
Trouble started on Saturday 19 December when Shizzi jumped on one of Teni’s tweets where she was advising her followers to be wary of users.
“Users have no pity, they’ll use you and feel no remorse, don’t let that crown shift. Walk away,” she wrote.
Shizzi quoting the tweet shaded Teni, writing she’d no right to talk about users when she was one herself.
He went on to say he produced her hit song “Case” for her in 2018 but she went on to give it to her in-house producer “Nurse Dolor” to re-produce it without giving him his due credit.
“Oh you don dey feel am? Them don dey serve you breakfast already? See who’s talking about users???” he asked.
“You, that took a song that I produced with you “Case” and you went and gave your in-house producer to reproduce it without my consent and you released the song and your guy “Nurse Dolor” endorsed it with no remorse till 2day.., you’re talking about users.. nah stop it!”
An angry Teni responded by saying her mother bought her out of Shizzi’s contract when it became clear he’d no plans for her. The singer said Shizzi kept giving her songs away and planned to “waste my life”
You that you wanted to waste my life. Signed me with no plans. You gave my songs away, my mother paid you in full and I got out the contract, I walked away peacefully. Thank God for my mom, I would’ve still been singing on the streets of Atlanta. https://t.co/bi4Voh4K1x
— OBA ORIN (@TeniEntertainer) December 18, 2021
She also dared him to release the stems of the song if he truly produced it.
Stems according to LANDR are packaged groups of multiple tracks that have been layered together. Basically, stems split your songs into distinct and usable sections like bass, vocals, keys, etc.
“Drop the stems if you really produced it. Drop the stems in 10 minutes or you’re a lil bitch,” Teni dared.
Drop the stems if you really produced it. Drop the stems in 10 minutes or you’re a lil bitch. https://t.co/UfVydlhH0W
— OBA ORIN (@TeniEntertainer) December 18, 2021
Shizzi instead of the stems as he was dared shared a video of him playing the keyboard as Teni sang an unrecorded version of “Case”. He also shared DM conversations between them and called the “Billionaire” singer an ungrateful element.
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Unfazed, Teni insisted he drop the Stems of the song and not try to change the narrative.
You would have sued me if you produced it, DONT CHANGE THE NARRATIVE. DROP THE STEMS IF YOU PRODUCED IT SHIZZI!!!!!! NO BE VIDEO WE ASK, NA STEMS I WAN SEE https://t.co/BxmwtWRZQL
— OBA ORIN (@TeniEntertainer) December 18, 2021
She also reiterated that her mother bought her out of Shizzi’s contract after he said her mother begged him.
But you collected the money. Okay good night! https://t.co/SE1mdrCq63
— OBA ORIN (@TeniEntertainer) December 18, 2021
Shizzi however stuck to his guns and kept insisting Teni was ungrateful. He also threatened to write Sony to take the song down.
I created the idea from scratch it don’t matter if you didn’t record vocals that same day. My idea is my idea and moreover did you credit me or pay for it as the creator ??? And I can ask Sony to take that s**t down. Don’t play with me 😂 #toddler #ungratefulelement pic.twitter.com/MlkP8TdgNW
— Shizzi (@shizzi) December 18, 2021
As the battle raged on fiercely and fans took sides, Chisom Obinna Onyeke, better known as Jaysynths who eventually produced the song weighed in on the issue.
Giving his own side of the story, Jaysnth said he and Teni freestyle on the song “Case” before she left for Atlanta. She’d told him she wanted Shizzi to produce the song but later changed her mind and had him produce the song from scratch when she returned to Nigeria.
“Teni and I had a freestyle of this song (CASE) before she went back to Atlanta. She had said she wanted Shizzi to produce the song for her (reason for the video) but obviously things did’nt go the way she planned. She got back to Naija and I produced the song from the scratch,” he wrote.
Teni and I had a freestyle of this song (CASE) before she went back to Atlanta. She had said she wanted Shizzi to produce the song for her (reason for the video) but obviously things did’nt go the way she planned. She got back to Naija and I produced the song from the scratch.
— JaySynths (@Jaysynthsbeatz) December 18, 2021
He also slammed fans who jumped on the issue without having full knowledge of what’s at play.
Some of you don’t even know what stems is!!! You’ll just open your mouth and ask for stems. Smh
— JaySynths (@Jaysynthsbeatz) December 18, 2021
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