When popular Nigerian musician Iyanya was approached to create an endorsement video for Yvonne Nelson's book, he saw it as an opportunity to support the work of an ex-lover who is still a friend. Little did he know that there was a ‘little’ surprise in the book for him.

The singer born Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, has revealed that prior to actress Yvonne Nelson launching her book, she informed him about the decision, however, what she did not disclose was the role he was playing in the book.

“She buzzed [called] me and said she was launching her book and she needed an [endorsement] video for the book which I recorded for her. [But] I didn’t know I was in the book. I [recorded the video] because obviously we were cool. So when the book came out that’s how I knew I was in the book,” he said.

Prior to Yvonne Nelson launching the book, she had posted videos of friends and loved ones, including Medikal, Mercy Johnson, Obrafour, Reggie Rockstone, John Dumelo, etc giving good testimonies about herself and the book. Iyanya claims to have recorded the video, however, it cannot be found on Yvonne’s instagram page, like the others.

Speaking on how the news reached him, Inyanya who disclosed that he was initially hurt about the claims in the book about him, said he learnt about it from a doctor friend.

“I was sleeping and I just woke up to missed calls and all of that and then I called one of my doctor friends and he was like ‘No way! You've not seen the book.’ And that’s how I knew about it.

So I now called my guys and they said that yeah she [Yvonne] wrote a book and put my name in it,” he recalled. “At first I was hurt, I won't lie about that,” he added.

Yvonne Nelson’s memoir dubbed ‘I am not Yvonne Nelson’ which was released on this year’s Father’s day, has become a subject of controversy following various claims in the book.

The book reveals so much about her life; her childhood, family, past relationships and encounters with people in the creative industry, politics and a whole lot.

She also made various shocking revelations in the book which included a claim that she committed an abortion after the father of the unborn child, a renowned Ghanaian rapper, born Michael Owusu Addo but popularly known as Sarkodie “rejected the pregnancy.”

Nelson, Iyanya and Tontoh Dikeh

Other claims involved Iyanya himself who was accused of cheating on her [Yvonne Nelson] with famous Nigerian actress, Tonto Dikeh.

Iyanya attempted to fight back on Twitter with a question: “Isn’t this too much information?”

Sarkodie also released a song dubbed “Try Me” to address the claims made about him.