This archive report was first published on 24 August 2020.
Published on August 24, 2020, a heated online confrontation between popular Kenyan rappers Khaligraph Jones and Octopizzo has resurfaced, with the former accusing the latter of buying views on YouTube.
Khaligraph Jones, whose real name is Brian Robert Ouko, took to social media to express his disappointment with Octopizzo's latest track, Lwanda Magere, which he claimed had declining views. He begged Octopizzo to stop adding robots to his account, saying it looked like he too was buying views after they significantly dropped from 90,000 to 80,000 in an hour.
"@Octopizzo stop adding bots on my views so that it also looks like am buying views like you, this is your work please, stop it," Khaligraph Jones wrote.
Octopizzo, however, fired back at Khaligraph Jones with insults, warning him to stop mentioning his name unnecessarily. He claimed that he had already identified the individual responsible for his fluctuating views and that he had not been buying views on YouTube.
"I haven't been around but I hear Fatboys are still talking. Even the dancers are giving the crop top sisters a hard time. Let me wake Chebukati and ask him to play with the servers even more so that they know what playing dirty means and they can have something to talk about. This time the views will jump to 10million in a day and they'll talk till they get tired. Also, I've already found the people that have been playing with my views," Octopizzo said.
Despite his explanation, several social media users, including a few notable celebrities, strongly believe that Octopizzo's online statistics still do not add up with popular YouTuber Xtian Dela accusing him of buying Instagram followers.
