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Singer Skales recently shared a harrowing experience he had while being imprisoned after a dispute with a billionaire. During an interview, Skales revealed that he and his manager were locked up after an issue with the wealthy individual, who he claims used his power to have them detained.
In the interview, Skales recalled:
“One time, my manager and I were locked up for no reason. We had an issue with a billionaire, and because of his power, they arrested my manager and told me to go home. I refused. How could they arrest my manager and tell me to leave? I followed them to the police station.”
Skales continued, recounting the unexpected turn of events:
“While I was writing a statement for my manager, they told me I had to sleep in the cell. So, I spent the night in the cell and ended up performing for the prisoners. When I got in, one of the inmates recognized me. He asked if I was Skales. I confirmed, and then he asked, ‘What happened? Did you kill someone?’ I told him, ‘No, I didn’t do it.’ I explained the situation to him, and he said, ‘That’s how these billionaires operate.’ He even offered to help me more than the billionaire I had the issue with, but I declined, telling him, ‘No, no, no, forget about it. I’m okay.’”
“In this cell, there was a boss, and I had to go show myself to him. If not, the boys beneath him would deal with me. So he took me to the boss and said, ‘Na Skale, we listened to the song you did last time.’ He mentioned all the names—‘Oya Shake Body’ and ‘Emergency.’ I was like, ‘Oh, that Emergency song?’ Then he started singing Genevieve to me. I said, ‘Yeah, that’s the song you sing!’ He said, ‘You’ll perform for us now.’ He added, ‘When you perform, you’ll sleep on mats because everyone was sleeping on the floor. But once you perform, we’ll give you a special place.’
I performed, sang the lyrics, and did everything shamelessly. Afterward, they gave me a mat, and he actually felt bad. He said, ‘This boy doesn’t deserve to be here.’ And honestly, they were nice to me.
When I left, there was a system where, while you’re in the cell, your family has to send money to the police to buy food for you, even though you don’t get to eat it. So when I left, I bought a lot of food and sent it to them as a thank you. That’s one story that happened to me.”
