Crayon says he and Rema are “no longer friends” and blames Mavin

On Thursday 5 November 2026, the Nigerian singer Crayon wrote on X: "Me and Rema are no longer friends!" In the same post, in Pidgin, he said he had been hurt "to the last minute" and was leaving the matter to God.

Minutes later he posted again: "What really happened to the old Crayon! MAVIN KILLED HIM!!!!" He wrote that he came in as an "innocent boy from ojo". When QMS read the posts, about four hours after they went up, the second one had more than 600,000 views and the first about 97,000.

In another post he said he would talk about what Rema and Tega "keep poking" him about. Replying to a fan who said Rema had helped him, Crayon wrote that he used to feed Rema in the early days and carry his own food to Rema's room so they could eat together, adding: "HE KNOWS!" A day earlier, on 4 November, he had written: "No song is dropping this Friday or anytime!"

Two Mavin signings

Crayon, born Charles Chibueze Chukwu on 8 July 1997, grew up in Orile Iganmu and moved to Ojo, Lagos, at seven. He signed to Blowtime and Don Jazzy's Mavin Records in May 2019 and released his debut EP, Cray Cray, on 12 July 2019. Rema, from Benin City, signed to Mavin and Jonzing World the same year.

The two worked together. Rema features on Crayon's "Too Correct", whose video came out in April 2021, from the EP Twelve A.M. Both appear on the Mavins' "Won Da Mo" (9 November 2022), which reached No. 1 on Nigeria's TurnTable chart. On one of Crayon's birthdays, Rema was filmed pressing bundles of cash into his hands, notJustOk reported.

In March 2026, Crayon told of a day he broke down, according to Legit.ng: after a video call with Rema, he took off his slippers, walked barefoot to the Mavin office talking to himself, and sat down on the road. In his telling, Rema ran to him carrying a stick and asked who was responsible, and Crayon was the one who calmed him down. He compared what he went through to the case of the late singer Mohbad. QMS has found no footage of that day; the account is Crayon's own.

His mother

Crayon's mother, Evelyn Chukwu, died on 4 July 2025, four days before his birthday. He called it the darkest day of his life (QED.ng, P.M. News). In a clip he reposted on X on 9 April 2026, he said she sold fruit at Iyana Iba for 21 years, and that with his first Mavin salary he begged her to stop.

The March posts

On 15 March 2026, Crayon posted "Mavin is going down", told Rema "You stole my star from me", said there would be no feature with Rema "for the next 100 years" and wrote "I'm HYM not Rema". He also attacked Tega by name. The posts were reported by notJustOk, Leadership, Legit.ng, TheCable and ThisDay.

In posts that were later deleted, Crayon blamed Mavin for his mother's death (Kanyi Daily, Kemi Filani) and, according to ThisDay alone, said the label had made $200 million without paying him. He offered no proof. These are his allegations and have not been proven.

He then left for Olodum Ent and released the single "Baami".

The other side

Rema has passed 5 billion Spotify streams across all his credits, Mavin said on X in July 2025.

As of 5 November, Rema, Mavin Records, Don Jazzy and Tega Oghenejobo had made no public response to Crayon's posts, in March or now, according to The City Celeb and Leadership. QMS has not seen any statement from them.

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