Nigerian music executive and talent manager Ubi Franklin has given behind-the-scenes insights into how stardom transforms male and female artists and how pregnancy affects the latter.
Ubi, who was speaking on the Culture Sonic podcast, revealed that contrary to popular belief, it is not only male artists who become promiscuous after hitting stardom, but female artists too.
He explained that artists are generally easier to manage before they attain fame, noting that once they taste success, many lose focus and discipline.
“The only artist that can be controlled is the one that has not had a h+t. Once they have a h+t, the first biggest problem for artists is w+manising. For female singers, it’s promiscuity as well,” Ubi said.
Speaking further, Ubi revealed that the possibility of pregnancy is one of the challenges of managing female artists.
He revealed that, as a result of this, he includes a pregnancy clause in contracts for female artists.
The talent manager noted that the entertainment business is capital-intensive, as it could sometimes take spending up to ₦300 million to develop an artist into a successful act.
According to him, if a female artist gets pregnant before building a strong and stable career, it could disrupt her progress and end up ruining all the investments made on her.
He stressed that while he is not against women having children, they need to establish themselves first.
He argued that it is difficult for an up-and-coming female artist in the Nigerian music industry to bounce back after childbirth if her career was not already solid before the pregnancy.
He said, “So just imagine that you have an artist who you are investing in as a woman and she gets pregnant, that’s over. It will take a lot for the artists to come back. Tell me any, any female artists in our industry who has had a baby, who had not built a proper career and then went to have a baby and came back.
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Iyanya offers N500k reward to nurse who refused to join recent strike
03 August 2025 at 12:03The singer noted in his post that the nurse’s defiance in the face of hostilities from her colleagues proves that she is not moved by money.
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Nigerian singer Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, more popularly known simply as Iyanya, has offered a monetary reward of N500,000 to a nurse who refused to join the recently called off nationwide strike by the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwives (NANNM).
The nurse had shown up to work during the four-day strike and was subject to harassment by her colleagues, as seen in a video that has since gone viral.
Moved by sympathy for the nurse after coming across her ordeal on social media, Iyanya asked that netizens help him locate her so that he would reward her commitment with N500,000.
The singer noted in his post that the nurse’s defiance in the face of hostilities from her colleagues proves that she is not moved by money; rather, she is dedicated to the primary objective of her job, which is to save lives.Recommended For YouLifestyle
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“Can someone find her for me, I want to give her 500k. She is not a health care worker for the money but for human lives. Someone find her for me please,” he wrote.
Iyanya’s gesture was, however, met by a hostile comment from a netizen who described the singer’s action as “rewarding bad behavior.”
The “Kukere” singer, however, doubled down, insisting that the nurse, by showing her commitment to saving lives, deserves recognition and compensation.
He added that the nurse’s experience at the hands of her colleagues was unwarranted, and therefore he wants to reward her for it.
The user queried, “Why do some Nigerians love rewarding bad behavior???” Iyanya replied, “What’s your definition of bad behavior? A nurse decided not to go on strike so she can save lives being at work is bad behavior to you?
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“She is an essential worker and she deserves some compensation, and the way she was humiliated was wrong. Find her for me, I have 500k for her immediately.”Update me
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Why I ban female artists I sign from getting pregnant – Ubi Franklin
03 August 2025 at 17:39Franklin explained that artists are generally easier to manage before they attain fame, noting that once they taste success, many lose focus and discipline.
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Nigerian music executive and talent manager Ubi Franklin has given behind-the-scenes insights into how stardom transforms male and female artists and how pregnancy affects the latter.
Ubi, who was speaking on the Culture Sonic podcast, revealed that contrary to popular belief, it is not only male artists who become promiscuous after hitting stardom, but female artists too.
He explained that artists are generally easier to manage before they attain fame, noting that once they taste success, many lose focus and discipline.
“The only artist that can be controlled is the one that has not had a h+t. Once they have a h+t, the first biggest problem for artists is w+manising. For female singers, it’s promiscuity as well,” Ubi said.Recommended For YouPulse PicksGeneral
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Speaking further, Ubi revealed that the possibility of pregnancy is one of the challenges of managing female artists.ADVERTISEMENT
He revealed that, as a result of this, he includes a pregnancy clause in contracts for female artists.
The talent manager noted that the entertainment business is capital-intensive, as it could sometimes take spending up to ₦300 million to develop an artist into a successful act.
According to him, if a female artist gets pregnant before building a strong and stable career, it could disrupt her progress and end up ruining all the investments made on her.
He stressed that while he is not against women having children, they need to establish themselves first.
He argued that it is difficult for an up-and-coming female artist in the Nigerian music industry to bounce back after childbirth if her career was not already solid before the pregnancy.
He said, “So just imagine that you have an artist who you are investing in as a woman and she gets pregnant, that’s over. It will take a lot for the artists to come back. Tell me any, any female artists in our industry who has had a baby, who had not built a proper career and then went to have a baby and came back.
“I’m not saying they cannot have children, but the thing is, while you have it, build a strong career. Just imagine that you invest money in a female artiste, you’re pushing the artiste, you’re pushing to a certain level.
“If I’m signing a female artiste, I always put it on a contract that for the duration of a contract, you will not get pregnant. If you’re watching me, this is a freaking business we should stop making it look like because you see artistes playing and everything on social media you can interact with artistes this is a freaking business. Right now to break an artist, with 150 million, you’ve not even started. Sometimes you can spend 300 million on an artist and get nothing as profit.”
