One of Nigeria’s fast-rising singer, Runtown born Douglas Jack Agu has stressed that it is absolutely false to claim that he sold ‘Aye’ to Davido.
The song which was released in 2014 and topped several charts that year, was rumored to have been written by Runtown and sold to Davido in exchange for Davido to be featured in Runtown’s first hit, Gallardo.
However, Runtown told Sunday Scoop emphatically that he did not write nor sell the song to Davido.
“I don’t sell songs; I just write for myself. I don’t know about the claim by some people that I sold the song, Aye, to Davido. It’s absolutely not true. Even Davido would tell you that he did not buy the song from me. Besides, if he bought Aye from me, what about his other songs; did I sell those ones to him too?”
Talking about the shocking success of his ‘Mad Over You’ hit, he said, “It all started last year when I dropped Mad Over You. I worked so hard last year, and I’ve been doing the same thing this year.
“Mad Over You was the only song I released last year because I had to channel all my energy into just one song that would change the game for me. And since then, everything has changed. I’ve had other songs after it like Painkiller, Alhaji, and For Life, which are all doing wonderfully well out there.”
He also hinted on collaborating with foreign icons:
“I’ve already being working with a couple of artistes, not just from the US, but Europe and other parts of the world. I have an EP that I would be releasing later this year and that’s pretty much it for me.”