Vector Having Problems With Record Label (YSG)

V.E.C is having problems with YSG. Of cos you know Nigerian rapper, Vector calls himself V.E.C, and is signed to YSG Entertainment (Young Shall Grow Entertainment). YSG was actually birthed from the popularly cross-country transport service, Young Shall Grow Motors Ltd. Obiora Obianodo, the first son of Chief Vincet Obianodo started the record label as an arm of his father's company, around the end of the last decade. Vector is the biggest act under the label, and it seems they are currently at war concerning their contractual agreements-





The disagreement between Vector and his label started a few months back after the rapper complained about his progress-rate and the label's nonchalant attitude towards his career and simply suggested more professional hands be employed to help his career, which the label took as a threat, and when they refused to heed to his suggestions, Vector hired hands he was paying personally.

He has been with the label for over four years and never asked to leave, all he asked for according to his camp was more work and results. Things actually got worse after Vector took a self-sponsored vacation to the US and returned to his record boss' anger, claiming he went to the States to sign a record deal. Continue...

  
Weeks after, Vector received and invitation letter from the Commissioner of Police of Lagos state and was summoned to the Area-E command (Festac). On getting there, he was presented with a "breach of contract" petition, claiming that he has engaged external hands to work for him. His parents got involved (as his dad is a retired police officer), and it was settled amicably.

Feeling unsafe and threatened, Vector surrendered the car and apartment provided for him by the label and acquired a replacement for himself. Thinking this was over, Vector went about his daily life (as lawyers were already handling the case) till the 10th of June. He was to be shooting his scene of the Ghetto RMX video by Shank, at his childhood neighbourhood (Mcarthy Barracks, Obalende, Lagos), when men of the police force came to seize him and his personal manager (Michael Umoru) and took them all the way back to Festac, this time it was a proper arrest and they were detained from 3pm till 10pm when his lawyers came through.

According to sources close to Vector, he has been receiving series of personal threats from the label, and he hasn't felt so safe and really did not want to talk to the press about it.

Just yesterday, his twitter account(@vectorYSG) with over 100,000 followers suddenly disappeared, and has been confirmed to be deactivated by his label. (lindaikeji.blogspot.com)




These kind of situations are inevitable. They always almost happens when two or more people come together to do business, especially, when one is bringing the money, and the other has the talent. No matter how talented Vector believes he is, talent is never enough, and their money most have helped him to where he is right now. Even though right now, the money might be nothing to him, at a point, it was everything. I know that they gave him a black coloured brand new Toyota Corolla  and an apartment to live in when they signed him, so that is definitely big investment. He needs to sit down and work out things with them. If they invested N10 million into him, they sure will want to recoup their money...and a little more, because they took a big risk investing in his career.