Sensational artiste, Oludipe Oluwasanmi David, popularly known as Spyro, is receiving harsh words from music journalist, Joey Akan; and a skit maker, Nasboi, after he criticised the lyrics of his colleague, Shallipopi, particularly from gospel-secular dichotomy perspective.
The ‘Who Is Your Guy’ crooner, who recently appeared on The Honest Bunch podcast hosted by Nedu, gave a negative comment about the lyrics of Shallipopi’s song, especially his current ‘Elon Musks’.
While claiming that Shallipopi releases lyrics that cause people to embrace fraud, he emphasised that the value of releasing songs with meaningful lyrics should not be overlooked.
The words got Nasboi and Joey upset as theycalled him out.
Reacting on Instagram, Nasboi questioned if he uses his music to promote Christ.
He wrote, “Brooooooo like!!!! What’s your job? Music. Do you use your music to talk about Christ? Talk too much man!”
Akan also opined that Spyro got his money in the secular industry but continued to degrade his colleagues even as he promoted Jesus.
Describing Spyro’s actions as Hypocrisy, Joey wrote;
‘’This boy Spyro received his biggest ever song by working with worldly-adjacent artistes. He chose Tiwa Savage for a collaboration over his faith-based colleagues.
“Chioma Jesus and Dunsin Onyekan lost out on “who’s your guy,” remix.*
“He’s also signed to a worldly label, performs at worldly events, including an upcoming activation for Trophy, an alcoholic brand that caters to nightlife and winebibers.
“But he never fails to attack his colleagues ceaselessly, their professional output, and their themes of escapism and realism. Add that to a collaboration with DJ Neptune and Iyanya, two ‘worldly’ music stalwarts.
“He also will not grace his gospel podcasts, but try to harness numbers from a “worldly” podcast.
“Talking about how he hates the secular industry because he is “for Jesus.” While working in it, serving it, benefiting from it, and making a living out of it.
“I call that hypocrisy. Promoting Jesus, but dining in the lucrative altars of mammons.”
