Popular singer and songwriter Ahmed Ololade aka Asake or Mr Money has finally reacted to a viral video of a man, Mr Fatai Odunsi, aka Malo, claiming to be his dad.
In the viral video, the elderly man revealed that his son Asake, the renowned music star, had abandoned him.
Further reports stated that Asake’s dad was paralysed after suffering from a stroke and was soliciting funds from the public so he could take care of his health.
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Following the man’s claim, some netizens on social media shared Asake’s dad’s role in his life as they berated the singer.
Some unverified reports about Asake’s father abandoning the singer and his mum as a child years before his big break in music have been making the rounds online.
Asake finally responds with a cryptic video
On Friday, March 14, the Afro-fuji star, Asake shared a clip of himself singing which he used to pass some cryptic messages in Yoruba.
According to Asake, it is impossible to please everybody. He added that the trending stories about him abandoning his father were false.
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The singer also touched on the public solicitation of funds as a ruse to cajole him into giving his dad more money.
He further cleared the air about his relationship with his father, noting that he and the elderly share a good relationship/rapport.
“You can’t please everyone, you can’t please the world, anything you are doing just do it for God. My own father wants to cajole me even though I have always sent a lot of money to him. I have struggled for so many years but they want to make life hard & tiring for me,” he sang in the video.
Watch the video of Asake as he finally responds to the trending reports about him abandoning his father:
Reactions trail Asake’s video
Several netizens appealed to the singer to still help his father, while others claimed he mocked his dad in the video.
OSG compiled some of the reactions that trailed the video, read them below:
DataRefines:
“What did he say about his “father”? Mi ogbor Yoruba.”
@ncle_Faith101:
“This is so low from Asake, is he trying to mock his father? I like the fact that he didn’t deny him in the video.”
@iamclassics:
“Do whatever you are doing for God, you can’t please humans, my father want to cajole me, I dey press money gan, I no like stress He can’t be a product of a single mother and expect his father to come back fully after fame, he can only be compensated for impregnating his mother.”
@alabama_coal00:
“Your papa no bè who you dey use ” ole te aye lorun ” for. Get lost jare.”
@RealAyo0:
“Hmm! still he’s still your father regardless.”
@olawolepeter58 said:
“Weytin me I Sha know be say he dey take care ooo but you self see in mama see the wey dat woman glowing but look in Papa now.”
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