Shallipopi Accuses Dapper Music Of Forging His Signature, Diverting Funds

Nigerian rapper and singer Crown Uzama, popularly known as Shallipopi, has accused his former management, Dapper Music, of forging his signature to secure a 10-year distribution contract and a deal with Virgin Music Group.

In a post shared on his X handle (formerly Twitter), he alleged that the label collected money from Virgin Music Group but kept the funds for themselves, urging him to continue working with promises of future payments.

Shallipopi also revealed that he had reported the matter to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and provided a detailed statement. He called on the EFCC, the government, the media, and the entire African public to take the case seriously.

He wrote on X:
"In 2023 I signed to dapper management only, he forge my signature and put it on a 10 years distribution contract even when I already use distrokid, he also went ahead to forge my signature and sign with an international label called Virgin music Group. I might be from the trenches but I'm not the dumb type, dapper went ahead to collect money from virgin music group and he put all those money in his pocket and told me to work more, more and more that my money is in the future! I have better things to do with my time than to come on here to drag this man, your case with the EFCC is a fraud case, and it's me shallipopi that use my two legs to walk into that office and lay down all this statement, I want the EFCC and the entire government, the entire media and everyone in Africa as a whole take this matter very serious."

The Nigerian Voice recalls that a fellow artistes, Seyi Vibez and T.I Blaze had also recently called out Dapper Music over similar allegations of financial misconduct.