Quing Madi Calls Out Former Label for Pulling “Pepper Me” Feat. Zinoleesky Off Streaming Platforms
By : Ezurumem Obinna
Nineteen-year-old Afrobeats rising star Quing Madi is not staying quiet. The singer went straight to her social media stories this week to call out her former record label accusing them of pulling her collaboration with Zinoleesky, Pepper Me, from Spotify and other streaming platforms without her consent.
No PR statement or middleman. Just her, her phone, and a story that hit different.
She Said What She Said
Madi did not hold back. In her posts, she accused the label of taking down Pepper Me from major listening platforms a move she described as targeted and retaliatory. She made clear this was not a technical glitch or a licensing mix-up. Someone made a call, and the song vanished overnight.
The Cynthia Morgan Comparison
Madi invoked the name Cynthia Morgan and that alone told fans everything they needed to know about the weight of what she was saying.
For those who missed it, Cynthia Morgan spent years locked in a brutal label dispute that stripped her of her stage name, her masters, and her career momentum at its peak. The comparison was pointed. Deliberate. Madi was not just venting she was connecting dots and putting the Nigerian music industry on notice. The fact that a 19-year-old reached for that reference shows she knows exactly what she is up against.

Quing Madi Pepper Me removed Spotify
Not Her First Time Speaking Up
This is not new territory for Madi. She had called out the label before the Pepper Me removal, raising issues that apparently went ignored. The Zinoleesky collaboration disappearing from Spotify appears to be the latest move in what is shaping up to be a messy, drawn-out label exit. So when the song went down, she did not wait. She posted. Immediately.
Fans and the Industry Are Watching
Nigerian music Twitter picked up the story fast. Fans rallied behind her, many drawing direct comparisons to how the industry has historically treated young female artists sign them young, shelve them quietly, and make the exit painful. The label has not responded publicly as of press time. Zinoleesky has also not commented.
Quing Madi’s situation is not isolated. It sits inside a longer, uglier conversation about how Nigerian record labels handle artist contracts, ownership rights, and what happens when a young act tries to walk away.
She is 19. She has a hit record with one of Nigeria’s biggest artists. And she is loud about it.