Music star receives ‘death threat’ from billionaire, here’s the cause of everything

– Nigerian music star Runtown splits with music label over several issues

– The 26-year-old singer was signed to Eric Manny in 2014 but it appears things have gotten out of hand between both parties

– Several sources cite ownership issues, creative control and financial differences as the root of the ensuing drama

– The label has, in the meantime, gotten a court injunction stopping the singer from recording or performing any materials for the time being

– According to the singer, there have been breaches of several clauses in their contract as well as as numerous death threats from the label

Nigerian music star Runtown is reportedly battling a tangled situation with his record label Eric Manny Entertainment and things appear to have gotten out of hand, with lawyers getting involved and court injunctions following closely.

Amid several reports of irreconcilable differences between the singer and the label’s management, NAIJ.com sought to get a clearer picture of things from the Lagos To Kampala crooner, but several calls made to his camp today May 31, 2015 were unanswered and messages unreplied.

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In the meantime, word on the street is that Eric Manny Entertainment owned by billionaire industrialist Okwudili Umenyiora has gotten a court injunction stopping the singer from any form of performance or recording pending the time their differences are resolved.

On his part, Runtown has spoken out in a letter through his lawyers citing undue extortion, threat to life and zero payments for performances, royalties and more as reasons he opted out of his contract with the label.

Runtown who signed to the music company in 2014 has reportedly returned all assets of the management in his possession in the wake of the drama.

As at the time of filing this report, efforts to reach Bugwu Aneto who doubles as Runtown’s manager as well as the general manager of Eric Manny have all proven abortive.

However, an anonymous source spoke to NAIJ.com saying Eric Manny Entertainment had been unfair to the entertainer all along.

According to our source, the label authorities “had refused to settle the singer when due both for his performances as well as for returns on his caller tunes, after which they threatened to deal with him, all of which ensured he couldn’t speak out about the situation all along.”

We also gathered from another insider that Runtown, in partnership with his manager Bugwu, cut some performance payments due to the label’s management hence prompting the label’s actions.

While we await a detailed reply to our enquiries from Runtown’s camp, read letters from the singer and his attorneys below in response to the ensuing situation:

All of this remains a surprising twist to the successful events characterizing Runtown in recent times.

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In November 2015, the singer released the warmly received Ghetto University album under Eric Manny Entertainment.

In March, 2016, he shot the video for the hit song Lagos To Kampala featuring Wizkid in Los Angeles. It was directed by Sesan Ogunro.

Douglas Jack Agu also known as Runtown is an Afro pop star famed for the hit songs Gallardo, Domot, Banging and Latest among others.

The 26-year-old Enugu native grew up in Lagos and Abuja and has been on a steady career growth in recent years.

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