- Ubi Franklin has spoken up after famous singer, Spyro called him out over unpaid debt while accusing him of scam too.
- In a lengthy video, Ubi Franklin narrated what went down between him and Spyro, giving details of a previous deal he had with Spyro which the singer failed to keep up to.
Nigerian talent manager, Ubi Franklin has responded to allegations made by singer Spyro, who accused him of scamming him using Davido’s name.
Ubi Franklin shared his side of the story in a video, revealing that he had connected Spyro with a car dealer and was expecting a 10% commission from the deal. However, Spyro was reluctant to pay the full amount and instead suggested that he could promote the brand to reduce the cost.
Ubi Franklin explained that he had told Spyro that he needed to pay the full amount, and if he was waiving his 10% commission, it would come from his own money. He noted that the car cost N105 million, and his 10% commission would be N10.5 million.
Ubi Franklin also revealed that he had called Spyro to inform him about Iyanya’s birthday celebration in Ghana and invited him to join them on Davido’s jet.
While in Ghana, Ubi Franklin received a call about a show that needed artists to perform, and he got Iyanya and Spyro to perform for $5000 (N8 million). He expected Spyro to discuss the 10% commission for the car deal, which would be deducted from his fee for the show performance.
Ubi Franklin calculated that Spyro owed him N2 million from his 10% commission for the car deal, which is equivalent to the difference between the show fee and the commission.
In the video, Ubi said in part:
“Before that day, Spyro had reached out to me that he wanted to buy the car and I said I was going to connect him so I called the guy because that’s what I do. If I connect you on a deal, I have to make my 10% so he told me they should help him reduce the money that he was going to promote them. I told him they don’t need that and they want their money and I feel like he doesn’t have what it takes to promote the car and get someone to buy it. I then said okay if I’m waiving 10% from this thing, they are going to take it from my money. 10% from N105,000 is N10.5 million. Every transaction that I do, I get my 10%. Even with music, if I give somebody a show, I collect my 10%, if I give someone a gig, anything I do, I get my 10%. I gave him the guy’s number, he went there, I told him ‘when you’re done, my 10% o’, but because I wanted him to have the car I kept quiet for a bit. So on the 30th of October, he went there and picked up the car.”
Watch the video below:
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