{
  "id": 19219249,
  "title": "‘Davido asked you to leave Marlian Records’ — VDM releases call between Lil Frosh, Zinoleesky",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/davido-asked-you-to-leave-marlian-records-vdm-releases-call-between",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-09T21:00:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/11/09/davido-asked-you-to-leave-marlian-records-vdm-releases-call-between-lil-frosh-zinoleesky/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "VeryDarkMan (VDM) has released a phone call between Lil Frosh and Zinoleesky, in which Lil Frosh alleged that Davido requested him to urge Zinoleesky to depart from Marlian Records. According to the recording, which took place on September 17, 2023, Lil Frosh stated that Davido contacted him and requested him to inform his brother to cease operating with the record label. \"Davido have just messaged me,\" Lil Frosh said. \"He said he wants to see me on Wednesday. He said call your brother, make you warn am. Davido called me and then said, 'call your brother, make he comot for there, leave Marlian Record.'\" Zinoleesky expressed surprise at this claim, asking: \"Davido called you to ask me to leave?\" VDM, a social media activist, indicated that he had been holding onto the call recording for an extended period and was motivated to release it due to his attempts to contact Davido for clarification. \"I have the call recording for the longest, but I kept it,\" he said. VDM expressed disappointment that the conversation occurred just days after Mohbad's passing and stated that he had anticipated Lil Frosh to publicly refute the allegation. He further claimed that he possessed additional evidence and had observed the individuals involved, indicating that he intended to release more material.",
  "summary": "Social media activist VeryDarkMan has released a phone conversation in which singer Lil Frosh claimed that Davido asked him to persuade Zinoleesky to leave Marlian Records, barely five days after Mohbad’s death. In the recording, said to have been made on September 17, 2023, Lil Frosh told Zinoleesky that Davido had contacted him and asked […] ‘Davido asked you to leave Marlian Records’ — VDM…",
  "key_points": [
    "VDM released phone call between Lil Frosh and Zinoleesky on September 17, 2023",
    "Lil Frosh claimed Davido asked him to tell Zinoleesky to leave Marlian Records",
    "VDM held call recording for long, released due to attempts to contact Davido"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}