The rumour mill has been working overtime and the result is some
information that has surfaced online regarding the Choc City versus
Jesse Jags story. The NETNG.com website produced libellous information
which made several allegations against the record label without
confirming facts prior to the release.
In one allegation, it made comments that Choc City had two so-called
“strong claims” against the said Artiste, one of which stated that Jesse
Jags owed the label some un-paid debt and the other which claimed the
label leaked that the Artiste was addicted to Marijuana. World
PR Media (who recently began to handle PR activities on behalf of the
label) released the following facts and forwarded the following
statements on behalf of Choc City.
“Chocolate City has never released information on any owed monies by the
Artiste “Jesse Jagz” and as a matter of fact is not being owed any
monies by the Artiste through show performances or other means”.
Furthermore, Chocolate City also states categorically that “Jesse Jagz
does not have a history of Marijuana abuse neither did it or any of its
staff make any allegations to that effect”.
In other parts of the defamatory release, it claimed that Jesse’s
Manager “Sola Oladebo” was fed up of the Artiste but unwilling to leave
him as yet. We can officially confirm that Jesse and Sola have had a
very strong relationship over the past 5 years and this relationship
continues as we speak. The entertainment website also
continued to paint a very untrue picture of the
relationship of the Artiste and the record label by
claiming Jesse’s career was dormant. The Legal and Content Manager of
the label commented and confirmed that “at no time has Jesse Jagz career
been dormant. Stating that Jesse Jagz career has been dormant is a
gross understatement as he has since the release of Jagz of All Trades,
focused on the production aspect of his career working with Brymo and
Ice Prince on their respective albums as well as featuring on several
songs with various artists. His sophomore album Jagznation
VOl1 will be released in 2013 as scheduled”.
Furthermore, “it is untrue that Jesse Jagz has refused to appear at the
Chocolate City Office when invited. At all material times Jesse and his
team have always responded and communicated with Chocolate City in
respect to all matters and continue to do so”.
Whilst certain issues are still under resolution, the Chief Executive
Officer of the Music Group, Mr. Audu Maikori, confirms that “I never
sent a summons to Jesse Jagz nor did I receive any derogatory email from
Jesse Jagz refusing to attend any meetings”. What is even more
ludicrous is that Audu Maikori has been in the USA on official business
and as such couldn’t have summoned Jesse for a meeting when he was
abroad. Jesse and Audu have and have always had a cordial and respectful
relationship, a relationship that still exists till date.
Frankly we are surprised that a newspaper of such caliber as NETNG will
give several conflicting stories in the same report. On one hand it
states that “Attempts to reach him(Audu) and other staff at the label
through emails, phone calls and text messages have been
unsuccessful” Yet on the other hand they say that a “Chocolate City
Staff” informed them about the above statements. For purposes of
clarity, Chocolate City and its staff have not made any statements/
comments about any of the events till now.
The released statement from the Chocolate City camp ended with this
encouraging note “Finally, we understand the concerns of fans and well
wishers in respect the alleged Jesse Jagz “war” with Chocolate City. Our
position is that there is no war within our camp. Like any
relationship, there are ups and downs especially in our type of
business, however, rest assured that these issues will be resolved and
communicated
subsequently”. “Thanks for your concern and continued support”.