Chike: Why I gifted N1m to X user who criticised me

Chike, the Nigerian singer, has addressed the controversy surrounding his N1 million gift to a critic who claimed he owed his success to the late singer Mohbad.

In a recent episode of the ‘Curiosity Made Me Ask‘ podcast, Chike revealed that his actions were driven by anger, not a publicity stunt.

“It was not planned. I was just angry,” he said.

Chike also opened up about the hit song ‘Egwu,’ a collaboration with Mohbad released in December 2023, three months after his colleague’s demise.

The 31-year-old said contrary to expectations, he initially hesitated to release the song. He said he had considered giving the song away for free to blogs to honour Mohbad’s legacy.

He, however, added that the decision to release ‘Egwu’ was largely driven by his management.

Chike also revealed that he has more unreleased songs with Mohbad.

“I think the music came out maybe 3 or 4 months after his passing which if I want to talk about it, I was not really on the train of putting out the music. But that one is for management, I was never on the train of putting out the music,” he said.

“My decision earlier was that I had just given it to free blogs and let them just have it so that people can hear the last work of the artiste that I know about before he passed. But there are like four songs.”