Willie Roi and Mr. Logic
Artiste manager and entertainment critic, Mr. Logic, and Willie Roi, who is artiste & repertoire manager at Zylofon Music, on Saturday clashed in the studios of Happy FM.
A video of the two men engaging in an altercation has been circulating on social platforms since Saturday.
It started with verbal attacks on each other but it escalated into a near fisticuffs. The timely intervention of other persons in the studio, however, prevented what would have been a nasty scene.
Willie Roi could be heard alleging that Mr. Logic is “a thief” who has been “robbing” young artistes, while Logic also referred to him as a “foolish man”. The two personalities used to be good friends until they fell out a couple of months after Mr. Logic came out to reveal that Willie Roi withheld requests for international collaborations from dancehall artiste Stonebwoy.
According to Mr. Logic, American superstars R. Kelly and Teddy Riley had sent messages that they wanted to collaborate with Stonebwoy, who is signed to Zylofon Music.
However, Willie Roi refused to pass on that information to Stonebwoy and his management.
“He got a text message from the US. Teddy Riley and R. Kelly. It was two big American artistes wanted a collabo with Stonebwoy and then Willie told me, ‘you see this, I won’t pass this info to Stonebwoy because this guy is stubborn,” Mr. Logic revealed some months ago.
Willie Roi, indeed, confirmed that they contacted him but because it doesn’t take a day to make such collaborations possible, he was going to tell Stonebwoy later on when the deal is set.
After the revelation, reports suggested that Mr. Logic has since been denied entry to Zylofon FM, where he used to be a regular panel.
The fight at Happy FM studio on Saturday morning started after the presenter, Dr. Cann, asked Willie Roi how he was faring but in his response, he decided to talk about a private business between him and Mr. Logic.
“By grace, I’m waiting for my CDs. I haven’t received them yet. Logic up till now hasn’t given me my products. We are in business but some people don’t want you to progress,” he said.
It was at that moment that Dr. Cann interrupted Willie Roi and reminded him that they were in the studios because he wants them to bury their hatchets.
But Mr. Logic didn’t quite agree with him. He replied saying, “I didn’t come for questions. I came to here to do business and walk out. So if my morning will be ruined then it will affect your show. It is either you respect yourself or I disrespect yourself. What kind of foolishness is that? Early you come on the show, they ask you a question and you don’t go straight to the question and you are talking about me. If you have business with me, let’s walk out and deal with our business.”
From there, tempers flared, leading to confusion in the studio. Logic could be heard threatening to slap Willie Roi while the Zylofon official also alleged that Logic is a “thief.”