P-Square Rift: Peter Okoye addresses brother Paul in open letter
Nigerian singer Peter Okoye, aka Mr. P, has slammed his twin brother Paul Okoye, aka RudeBoy, in an open letter over repeated remarks that undermined his contributions to the defunct P-Square group.
The ace singer shared the emotion-ridden letter on his Instagram page, accusing Paul of constantly discrediting his contributions to P-Square, a group they co-founded and nurtured to stardom.
The letter reads in part: “My dear brother Paul, just as I have told you several times, I am not in any competition with you or anyone else.”
“However, seeing you grant countless interviews where you constantly discredit my efforts in the group that we both created and built together really speaks volumes.
“In your recent interviews, you claimed that you wrote and sang 99% of all P-Square songs and discredited me by saying that our song with TI, ‘EjeaJo,’ which I wrote, was a failure.
“You never acknowledged the other songs like ‘Get Squared,’ ‘Bizzy Body,’ ‘Personally,’ ‘Roll It,’ ‘Temptation,’ ‘Alingo,’ ‘More than a Friend,’ ‘Shekini,’ ‘Say Your Love,’ ‘Gimme Dat,’ ‘Senorita,’ ‘IGBEdu,’ and a few others.
“Were these songs also considered failures as well? We both have talent, no doubt, and I have often praised you in our interviews for your songwriting ability.
“But instead of showing gratitude for my kind words, you seem to find satisfaction in rubbing it in my face, forgetting that it is by God’s grace that we have come this far.”
“Rather than joining forces with me to reclaim our number one spot in the music industry, you chose to team up with Jude to claim the number one spot in the P-Square group.
“You always look for opportunities to marginalize and humiliate me. You are always claiming to be P-Square’s songwriter, composer, producer, singer, and backup vocalist; in fact, you are everything, including P-Square’s video director, band member, promoter, manager, and even the choreographer.
“You are the author and finisher of P-Square! In fact, I give you 100% of everything instead of the 99% you claim.”
Peter explained that contrary to his brother’s narrative, he has also written many songs that sold well, despite his brother citing only one song that didn’t perform well.
According to Mr. P, RudeBoy is doing everything to make fans of P-Square hate him, adding that fans will ultimately hate the duo for disappointing them.
He lamented that they both performed better on the global music stage as P-Square than they are doing now as solo artists.
“So, my brother, let me ask you: Is RudeBoy or Mr. P bigger and more successful than P-Square today? Are we individually selling out arenas and stadiums like P-Square used to?
“Are we topping world music charts with our songs as solo artists? Do we command crowds and entertain massive audiences like P-Square?” he said.
The talented twin brothers, Peter and Paul, started their music career in 1999 and dominated the African music industry before their separation in 2017.
They became solo artists, with Peter adopting the stage name Mr. P and Paul adopting RudeBoy, releasing songs individually.
However, as the defunct P-Square fans, alongside friends and other artists, continued to pressure them to reconcile, the duo decided to mend fences in 2021.
In November 2021, after the reconciliation, they performed some of their hit songs together at a show held at the Sierra Leone National Stadium in Freetown, which raised fans’ hopes for a reemergence of P-Square.
However, in a recent media interview, Paul (RudeBoy) stated that the music group P-Square no longer exists, saying: “No, P-Square is no more.”
Proofreading by Uchechi Ojo, Sub-editor at Neptune Prime.
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