Nigerian rapper Lil Kesh who came under heavy
backlash for his song, “Logo Benz†which featured
YBNL boss, Olamide has said he does not regret
singing the song despite the controversies
surrounding the song.
Speaking with Sunday Scoop, Kesh said they were
inspired to do the song by the happenings in
society.
He said,
“Logo Benz was inspired by things we saw
on social media and in our environment. One
of the trending news now is how people are
stealing pants for money rituals. One of
those things they buy with the money is
Benz cars.
We thought we should do a song about it
and create awareness; this is what we have
been doing as musicians. But I guess people
got the wrong impression. When it came out,
it was heavily criticised and people felt we
were promoting money rituals.
I understood why it happened because some
parts of the lyrics were not too clear. If we
had looked for a better way to put the story
out there, people would have understood it
better.â€
He further went on to say he would still release
something similar if he was given a second
chance. He added,
“We have been able to create so much
awareness on the issue and I am sure we
have been able to save lives. Even if it was
just one person we saved by releasing the
song, I am happy. I don’t live with regrets. If
I could go back in time, I would still release
the song. But this time, we would do it in a
way that it would not be misunderstood.â€
According to the Y.A.G.I boss Kesh, he knew the
song would generate controversies from the
outset.
“I didn’t know the controversies would be
this much. I intend to address the issue, but
I wanted the tension to drop. If I had come
online immediately to address it, people
might still not pay attention to meâ€.
“Logo Benz†is centred around the use of female
pants by online fraudsters popularly referred to
as “Yahoo Boys†for rituals. However, in passing
across their message, Kesh and Olamide had
some controversial lyrics in the song that didn’t
sit well with many leading to the backlash they
received on social media.
Source:
guardian.ng/life/lil-kesh-says-he-does-
not-regret-singing-logo-benz/
