By Adesoba Toluwalope
Nigerian singer, Yemi Alade has revealed how she almost lost the opportunity to feature on Beyonce’s Lion King album.
In an interview with THE PUNCH, ‘Olorisupergal’ on February 1, 2021, the singer stated that her management had thought the email received was a scam email and had almost rejected it.
She said, “We thought it was a scam email. I wasn’t the one receiving the emails, my management was and the thing is that you have to be a crazy Beyonce fan like me to know that her company’s name is Parkwood.
She revealed the emails had provoked her manager and was about to block the email. “My manager was telling me that he keeps getting these messages from Parkwood.
“He sounded very irritated, and he was thinking of maybe blocking the email, and I asked him what did you say? Did you say “Parkwood”? I said that is Beyonce.”
She also revealed that efforts have been to get through to her for a month or two but all to no avail.
“It took a while, they were at the end of the collection. They’ve been working on this for a while, maybe a month or two. I think even someone at some point came to Nigeria and they were trying to meet me but you know how some people are, they don’t want some people to meet some people,” she said.
Beyonce’s album featured other Nigerian artists like Wizkid, Burna boy, Tiwa Savage, Mr Eazi, Tekno and artists from some other countries.
The Album was released on July, 19, 2021.
