{"id":9086,"date":"2013-07-15T06:06:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T06:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/2face-owes-me-for-co-writing-african-queen\/"},"modified":"2013-07-15T06:07:38","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T06:07:38","slug":"2face-owes-me-for-co-writing-african-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/2face-owes-me-for-co-writing-african-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"2Face in Trouble Over &#8216;African Queen&#8217; Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-3248 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ss.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>{Blackface and 2Face Idibia}<\/p>\n<p>{{Former member of the defunct music group, Plantashun Boiz, Blackface, seems to be ready for a showdown with another former member of the group, 2Face Idibia over the controversial hit song, African Queen, which the former claimed he co-wrote with the latter.}}<\/p>\n<p>Blackface is insisting that he also has a share in the glory and therefore is entitled to whatever revenue 2Face earns from the song. <\/p>\n<p>Though 2Face Idibia has been taking credit for the hit song, which was used as a soundtrack for a Hollywood movie, Phat Girlz, released in 2006, and which featured American star, Mo&#8217;Nique, Blackface has now cried out that he is also part of the song.<\/p>\n<p>But why it took him this long to voice out is what many still question. <\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the Plantashun Boiz broke up, the relationship between the duo was still intact, and it was believed that only Faze had a strained relationship with the other members of the group.<\/p>\n<p>The strain in the relationship between Blackface and 2Face became obvious during the April 2013 wedding of the latter in Dubai, which the former didn&#8217;t attend. <\/p>\n<p>When asked by a follower on Twitter why he was not at 2Face&#8217;s wedding in Dubai, which was attended by Faze, Blackface simply replied that he doesn\u2019t go to where he is not invited.<\/p>\n<p>Blackface&#8217;s response raised questions and confirmed that the two erstwhile friends might not be on speaking terms. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Channels TV some days ago, Blackface stated that he was yet to receive any money from 2Face despite his incessant cry on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI still haven&#8217;t [received any payment from 2Face] because they have to backdate it, they have to check the revenues of the music, what it has generated, what is due to the co-writer and all that, all those things are just still hanging, but I still have one or two things that I am doing to find out what the issue behind all these stuffs are,\u201d the singer said. <\/p>\n<p>Myjoyonline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Blackface and 2Face Idibia} {{Former member of the defunct music group, Plantashun Boiz, Blackface, seems to be ready for a showdown with another former member of the group, 2Face Idibia over the controversial hit song, African Queen, which the former claimed he co-wrote with the latter.}} Blackface is insisting that he also has a share [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[100],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-9086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-africa","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default 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