I didn’t receive any financial reward for Psquare’s ‘Do Me’ feature – Waje

By Tosin Brown –

Nigerian singer Aituaje Iruobe, popularly known as Waje, has revealed that she received no compensation for her contribution to Psquare’s 2008 hit song ‘Do Me’.

Speaking on The Honest Bunch podcast, Waje explained that although she was signed to a record label owned by Chris Madubuko at the time, she never got any financial reward for her role in the song.

The 45-year-old singer traced the collaboration to her early days in the industry, noting that her relationship with the now-estranged twins began after she created a remake of Psquare’s ‘Omoge Mi’, which she titled ‘Bobo Mi’.

“Uncle Chris sent it to them, and they loved it and put it on their remake album,” Waje recalled. “When it was time to do their next album, coincidentally, Uncle Chris and I were in Lagos, and they said, ‘Okay, Waje, we want you on this song.’ I went into the studio, and we did it.”

She said the collaboration ended there, adding that when it was time to shoot the video, she couldn’t travel because she had no passport. “Uncle Chris called me and told me they were going to South Africa to shoot the video in two weeks, but I did not have a passport,” she said.

Waje added that she was told it would be impossible to get a passport and visa within two weeks. “In my mind, I was just like, ‘Okay, I cannot do it,’ so I moved on with my life,” she said.

Reflecting on the experience, Waje said most artists at the time were unaware of how royalties and fair compensation worked. “You entered a studio, did your part, and that was it,” she noted.

“I do not know if there was any financial exchange or anything like that. Not to me. I was signed to a record label, so if anything was exchanged, it definitely was not to me,” she added.