“I Produce Mlindo’s Album But I Never Got A Cent” – Nyiko Exposes Maphorisa. DJ Maphorisa spills the tea about his relationship with Mlindo The Vocalist, and it appears a lot has been ongoing behind the curtains.Taking to Facebook, Lawd Phori said he was backstabbed by a man named Nyiko, whom he assigned as Mlindo’s road manager. The music producer revealed that the two jointly violated the contract, as Mlindo is still a signee under Maphorisa’s Blaqboy record label.
Mlindo The Vocalist’s manager Nyiko has slammed DJ Maphorisa after he claimed they backstabbed him in a recent social media rant. Nyiko opened up about the backstabbing claims during a recent interview. The singer’s manager alleged that Phori neglected his artist for two years. He also claimed Madumane allegedly forced Mlindo to do Amapiano but he refused. Nyiko went on to say that he had to save Mlindo’s career due to the huge fight between him and the Amapiano producer. “I produced Mlindo’s album, Emakhaya… From AmaBlesser. I’m not credited, never got paid, NOTHING…”
“Mlindo The Vocalists came to Jozi, he didn’t know anyone, etc and I had to get him a road manager. Cool, I asked Nyiko to help Mlindo. At that time Nyiko was super broke but cool and a hard-working guy. So, I gave him a chance, not knowing the devil.” DJ Maphorisa ‘discovered’ Mlindo after the singer shared a video of himself remixing Maphorisa’s Midnight Starring and adding an Afro-pop to the hit.
He then reached out to Mlindo and flew him up to Johannesburg from Port Shepstone in Kwa-Zulu Natal where he signed him to Blaqboy Music and they recorded his first single, AmaBlesser which became a huge hit followed by his debut album EmakhayaBefore then, Mlindo used to sing cover songs on social media with his brother but after meeting Maphorisa his entire life changed, he rented a home for his brother and then unemployed mother.
Maphorisa adds that Nyiko allegedly ran off with his artist without his knowledge. “To cut the story short, after two years I hear Nyiko is Mlindo’s manager. They cut me off my percentage, and he promoted himself. I said cool, I will let them be even though I could take him back. I left them to do what they think. Now Mlindo says he wants to come back to Blaqboy but contractually, he’s still my artist. I Still love him, he is my boy, we all make mistakes and yes, we gonna make the next project but what hurts me most is you give people food and they shit on you with the same food u gave them.”
