In between a music tour of some American states, the release of his new single, Cool it Down and the signing of a partnership deal with an American based entertainment company, one half of the P-Square twins, Peter Okoye, now known as Mr P, found time to open up to Vibe magazine about his brand, his new journey, his family, his visions, and the controversial P-square split.

Excerpts of the interview:

“One thing I will never do when I come back to this life again is mix family with business. It was fun till like probably late 2013. 30 children cannot continue to play together for 30 years. We are at a point where we no longer have respect for each other…. Respect as an individual, and as family. This is the best solution we could come to. To the fans, we’re sorry. You don’t want to see P-Square on stage when they just fought back stage; pleasing you guys when we are not happy. I’ve tried many times to make it work but it did not work.

“We are not okay. It’s not healthy. I don’t have any problem with their own family. The wives, everybody. I am cool with them. I don’t know what’s wrong. I don’t know why it looks as if the hatred is on my family. I’ve tried to ask them what the problem is but nobody is telling me anything. It’s like saying Mr Charles and Mr James are business partners and they own a beverage factory together. Mr Charles and his partner work together but Mr Charles doesn’t like his partner’s family. All the time, he insults the family. All the time, he says s*** about the family. All the time he doesn’t attend the family’s functions. Do you expect two of them to still be working together? Be honest with yourself.

On responding to social media comments, he said, “When my brother put out that he sings and writes all the songs. I never responded but right now, there are 50% of our fans and some groups that believe Peter doesn’t sing. All because I wanted peace. But now if you say anything about me, I will respond. I don’t respond harshly if you’ve noticed. I’m not like last year. I decided to calm down because my family is more important here. I cannot trade my family. If you do not like it, don’t be my fan.  If you do not like the fact that I am standing for my family, then you should not be my fan and I am serious about it. My brother is my twin, fine, but you keep telling me blood is thicker than water. Obviously you think Paul is my blood and my family is the water? You guys better be out of your minds.”