Music producer ID Cabasa has dismissed a claim on social media about how singers 9ice and 2baba recorded one of Afrobeats' major collaborations, Street Credibility.

The song was released in 2009 and was part of 9ice's second album, Gongo Aso.

An X user @RayToluAyo had shared how the recording took place and the effort put in place to get a verse from 2baba, who was a bigger star at the time.

He wrote, "After Gongo Aso went blasting everywhere, 9ice had started preparing his second album but left is the collaboration with 2Baba. The beat, the chorus and 9ice verses were ready, left is 2face verse. ID Cabasa already reached out to him and they agreed on a date for the recording

"That day came, 2Baba was expected in the morning but in the afternoon he is yet to be seen. 9ice was already worried.... 'Maybe if we had paid him, he would be here already?' Cabasa told him, 'Don't worry he will come.'

"Evening time, no sign of 2face yet, 9ice, now feeling so devastated, 'it's because I never blow enough though...' He said to Cabasa again, 'Let's arrange money for 2face. We understand he is big.' 2Phat, remember him.... A rapper and Cabasa's close pal, re-echoed 9ice's words, 'Idowu (Cabasa's name), I agree with 9ice, let's arrange money and send to 2face'.

"Cabasa, almost getting angry, 'I say NO, 2face will come, what's you people's problem. It's 2Baba we are talking about, he will come'. Silence everywhere. Everyone went to do what they are doing... 10 pm at night, the GOAT finally showed up!

"He said, 'I have been at home since morning, I only intentionally didn't show up early. I am here now, let's record!'

9ice still in disbelief that 2face honoured his words, mustered a sentence, 'Has my street cred so much increase that 2face is honouring me without any payment?'

"While Cabasa was preparing, out of nowhere, 9ice sang out of his heart, 'I am the most incredible, out of 9ja, straight from 9ja...
Street Credibility'. 2face said, 'Wait, repeat what you just sang again.... And 9ice repeated it...Cabasa, 'Where is the beat?' 2Baba asked. This is not the song we are planning to do', Cabasa replied. 'Give me a beat to this chorus first', 2face insisted.

"Cabasa gave him and 2Baba right there......

As I come here before you
Ah go talk am as I see am
Ah no go use any sugar cover am
Call me a Mallam
I know you understand am...
I no dey stress am
No dey use gra gra do am

"After that verse from him,9ice sang the song he was singing from his mind. It matched 2face verse.. Okay, can we develop this... It's looking dope already. They did and eventually discarded the original song, which they intended to collaborate on. Till today, that song wasn't released, but Street Credibility became one of the greatest song outta Nigeria and Africa. Check my fans, walahi aya e aja!"

Despite how beautiful the guy's story sounded, everything is false, according to ID Cabasa, who engineered the recording on the said day.

ID Cabasa responded on X, "Where did you get thIS from! IT'S NOT TRUE! None of this is TRUE! Let’s document truths to avoid distortion to our history."