Nigerian singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has stirred controversy by claiming that his colleague, Zlatan Ibile, is still an up-and-coming artist.
Speaking in an interview on *Echo Room*, Portable argued that Zlatan is not well-known among wealthy individuals due to his style of music.
He also revealed that a car dealer once advised him against beefing Zlatan, insisting that the rapper wasn’t worth it and was only using his name for clout.
He said, “Zlatan is an up-and-coming artist. There was a man I got a car from. I decided to change my car for my birthday, from one of the people I get cars from. He said I shouldn’t have answered Zlatan. He said Zlatan wanted to chase clout with my name. Then he said he didn’t even know his songs that he just started hearing his name.
“A lot of wealthy people don’t know some of these artists’ lyrics. What are they singing? Are those songs? You cannot do call and response. Is that music? Are you joking?”