Nigerian musician Bella Shmurda has spoken up about losing all of his savings to a real estate fraud in Lagos State.
During an Instagram live session, Bella claimed that he was scammed out of $4 million.
The musician clarified that he suddenly recognised he had been duped after learning the house did not belong to the person who had sold it to him.
The musician further disclosed that he had asked his attorney to look into the matter, claiming that the individual who had sold him the property had vanished following the deal.
While calling on Nigerians for help, he said “I’ve got nothing left.”
“Nigeria, I need your help. I am not okay right now. I lost $4 million of my hard earned money to buy stolen property.
“The seller has disappeared. Please, help me. Someone steps in. I just contacted my lawyer for further investigation,” he claimed
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In December 2025, Bella Shmurda disclosed that he wrote his popular song “Cash App” specifically for online scammers, or “Yahoo boys”.
Speaking about the song’s motivation in a recent interview with Clout Africa, Shmurda revealed that he chose to release a song that inspires and exposes the challenges faced by Yahoo lads after realising how difficult it was to commit online fraud.
The host asked: “What inspired Cash App? Were you doing Yahoo?”
Shmurda replied: “It is Yahoo in the sense that they [Yahoo boys] have to dance. These people that are hustling, you have to make them happy. Because internet fraud is stressful. It has a lot of challenges.
“The truth is, when it comes to inspiration, you don’t have any story behind it. It is natural, it just comes. It is God-given. So, Cash App is divine.”
Bella Shmurda released Cash App, which featured rappers Zlatan and Lincoln, in 2020. The song became an instant hit in Nigeria and other African countries.
