- Nigerian singer, Brymo faced controversy for suggesting he declined a collaboration with Simi due to her refusal of a sexual relationship.
- Adekunle Gold, Simi’s husband, sternly warned Brymo to stay away from his wife and cease disrespecting their family.
- Brymo defended his actions as an “artistic pursuit” during an interview, referencing a prior encounter with Adekunle Gold and stating he sought intense musical connections with collaborators.
- He clarified that he had worked with multiple women without sexual propositions and that the incident with Simi was not about soliciting sex for collaboration.
Nigerian singer, Ọlawale Ọlọfọrọ, known as Brymo, found himself in the midst of controversy after he publicly disclosed that he had declined a music collaboration with Simi because she refused to engage in a sexual relationship with him.
The controversy erupted when Brymo shared an audio clip on his social media platform, where he revealed his decision not to collaborate with Simi due to her alleged refusal of his advances.
This revelation quickly sparked a backlash, particularly from Simi’s husband, Adekunle Gold, who issued a stern warning to Brymo, urging him to “stay away” from his wife and to stop “disrespecting” his family.
However, Brymo recently addressed the issue in an interview with TVC, where he defended his actions as an “artistic pursuit.”
In his explanation, he recounted a previous encounter with Adekunle Gold, who had requested a collaboration.
Brymo declined, stating he wasn’t interested in collaborations at the time.
Later, when Simi approached him for a collaboration, he insisted that he would only collaborate intimately with the artist he was working with to create an intense musical connection, referencing her past relationship with Adekunle Gold as an example.
Brymo emphasized that he had made music with several women without any sexual propositions, clarifying that the incident involving Simi was not about soliciting sex for collaboration but rather an artistic consideration.
In his words;
One day I was somewhere and I met Adekunle Gold, I was just like, ‘Oh! Gold.’ The first time I was ever meeting him. And he requested a collaboration… When he came to me, I just said flatly, ‘Oga, I’m not doing any collaboration right now.’
“Two weeks after, Simi came. I didn’t know they [Simi and Adekunle Gold were together]. I’m sure you all know about Falz. He took the fall that I was supposed to take. I was the target… But I’m a smart guy.
“When I saw her [Simi], I said no features except I am laying with the woman I am working with so it can really be intense. Did she not sleep with Adekunle Gold? Is that not why the music is extra good? But she said no, and I was like okay, bye-bye and then she left.
“She wasn’t the only one I proposed it to. But guess what? I’ve made music with seven women. I didn’t sleep with anyone of them.
“After that incident, I’ve recorded songs with four women. We didn’t even have that [sexual] conversation at all. We just made music. So, it wasn’t about me asking for sex for collaboration. No, no, it wasn’t about that. For me, it was an artistic pursuit. “