P Square's Brother, Jude Okoye Speaks On Why They Had To Drop May D

Jude Okoye is the elder brother of the dynamic duo singing group, P Square, and he is also the C.E.O of their record label, Square Records. They put a young and talented singer on in 2011 named May D, and just when it seemed he was going to be the next biggest star in the country, May D was dropped from the label. People couldn't understand what went wrong, cos this guy was super talented, and his chemistry with the twin brothers was great. Jude Okoye has come to set the record straight on why May D was dropped from Square Records...below is what he said in a recent interview-

"I don’t know about Peter and Paul but me personally I won’t sign any artiste until P-Square stops singing, that is the same thing I said when you asked me why I’m not shooting videos for other artistes, everyone that comes under this umbrella will start comparing.

Let me give you an example, one of the issues we face is that, when you bring in an upcoming artiste (MayD) who has not been invited to even play just one show and you've spent like 15 million Naira on that artiste without even signing like you said and the person wakes up to say he wants to have the car P-Square is driving, the house P-Square is living in, then you’ll wonder like wait a minute, even if I have all these things and I give him, am I motivating him? Am I giving him things that’ll make him hustle hard? If he has everything he wants will he still struggle?

So that’s one of the reasons I don’t want to, it’s kind of a human nature thing, once the person comes he’ll start asking ‘no be the same song dem dey sing I dey sing too? ‘The person won’t ask how long it took these guys to get this far and what it took to achieve all these things? The person will just be like ‘check level now, I shouldn't be roaming on the street, I should be maintaining, driving the same car and having big things’.

That’s the reason why in managerial aspect and even shooting videos, people will definitely want to compare, so because of that I made up my mind that I'm better off on my own. Giving you a car and a house is not the issue but when you don’t have anything now and you are demanding for these things, I don’t think if you have 1 million, I’ll be able to talk to you."





Well, Jude has a point, but I think they still could have worked things out. Dropping him without his consent was kind of childish if you ask me...very unprofessional. May D had to read about being dropped on the internet. I think there is more to this story. The rate at which May D rose was phenomenal, and I think he does deserve a car...maybe not a house, but he definitely deserved a car in his contract. He was already a star. And I am sure he wasn't asking for the same car P-Square was driving, Jude probably exaggerated on that one. Even when I was about to sign my artists back when I started a label in 2011, I was working on getting him a car. Not that he was already big or that I had hundreds of millions like P Square, but the car was for branding. How would it look if you saw a super star like May D in the same public transportation that you were in? Come on! He at least deserved a car. Because P Square went through a lot doesn't mean May D has to walk the streets when he is already a star with two big radio hits. That is like my father telling me that I have to walk 2 kilometres to fetch water cos that's what he did growing up in the village. Anyway, this is just my personal opinion.


Well, maybe it is for the better...maybe May D would grow better and appreciate working hard for his own success. It is cool to see he bounced back after being dropped, and he came back with another hit- Gat Me High. I wish him all the best in his climb to the top.