Davido's HKN Gang In Alleged Theft

Davido's HKN Gang has been accused of snatching a
music producer from a record label, Born Winners Empire
(BWE). The artiste in the middle of the controversy is
Joshua Boafo, aka JoshBeatz.
On November 21, 2013, Davido took to twitter to
announce the signing of the music producer. He wrote,
'welcome JoshBeatz to the family. HKN Gang newest
member. Congrats.'
But in a signed statement by BWE and made available to
Nigeriafilms.com , it was disclosed that Davido's tweet
came as an "embarrassment and sad surprise because
Davido is well aware that JoshBeatz is on a valid contract
with BWE" because "he and his crew have visited our Lekki
office/studios a few times when JoshBeatz recorded him
on a track for the 'JoshBeatz Mixtape.'
It was also stated in the press release that, "we have
utmost respect for Davido and HKN, and we contacted
them to verify the situation, but they said it was just a
random casual tweet by Davido and they have no interest
in signing the young producer. Yet we continued to
observe a manipulative and deceitful under-the table
approach to woo our artist/producer."
"HKN further went ahead last week to release recorded
materials produced by JoshBeatz whom they tagged 'HKN
newly signed producer". Music business is serious
business, and there are rules to the trade. We must put a
stop to this hell-destined 'Hustle and Blow' mentality and
observe mutual respect as music business professionals.
In an industry that is constantly faced with flagrant
disregard and abuse of contractual commitment, it is
disappointing that even well established record labels will
now manipulate and conspire with Artistes to breach
contracts. Its a shame indeed," BWE noted.
In view of this, the label "has opted to terminate his
(JoshBeatz) contract forthwith. We are not asking for any
damages, and we do not wish to be drawn into
controversies with anyone."