«She wants to take even what is mine.» Ex-producer of Lera Yaskevich emotionally responded to all accusations
Recently, Lera Yaskevich stunned her fans: the singer announced that soon her songs would disappear from all music platforms, and she would never be able to perform most of them again. Yaskevich is going to delete them herself due to a conflict with her ex-manager and former best friend, Hanna Navitskaya.
«Friendship on Ania's part was only possible if she could make money from me. I decided to delete all my tracks to free myself from dependence on this person. It's painful, but better than continuing to feed the beast,» Yaskevich didn't hide her emotions.
Producer Hanna Navitskaya, in response, recorded a video in which she shared her version of events.
Lera Yaskevich and Hanna Navitskaya were best friends for 10 years. Photo: VKontakte
Lera Yaskevich met Hanna Navitskaya when she was 17 — in 2016. Navitskaya helped Yaskevich get into the Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, took her to the Ukrainian X-Factor, was her manager and best friend — the girls lived together and even shared a bed for some time.
In 2022, after the start of the war in Ukraine, Yaskevich moved to Warsaw, while Navitskaya remained in Belarus — they continued their creative cooperation, but it became less frequent. The producer shifted her focus to a new project — the band «Barysaŭski Trakt», and at the end of 2025, Yaskevich proposed to review the format of their working relationship: instead of the previous 50/50 split of earnings, the singer wanted to receive the full amount herself, while being ready to take over all of Navitskaya's managerial and administrative work. The latter, according to her, did not agree to such terms — that's how the conflict erupted, after which Yaskevich intends to delete all her tracks recorded before 2024.
Photo: screenshot from Hanna Navitskaya's YouTube channel
As Hanna Navitskaya stated in her video, after the public accusations against her by Lera Yaskevich, she faced bullying and hate, which she considers undeserved.
«My contribution to the "Lera Yaskevich" project was devalued and trampled. Lera believed that she had the right to take absolutely everything, even what does not belong to her. We did not come to review anything, discuss it humanely, or change the conditions.»
Navitskaya said that even before the "Lera Yaskevich" project started generating stable income, she invested more than 20,000 dollars of her own funds into its promotion. For her, it was an investment in a project she believed in.
«I helped Lera get into university. Rent, pocket money, household items — all of this was sponsored by me after Lera moved to Minsk. I integrated her into the capital's life, introduced her to the party scene, and professionals in the creative field. I helped her with filming covers (and later with music videos), with her first apartment concerts, and tours. I handled all organizational matters. I suggested she record original songs — she agreed. That's how the song "John" came about; it was written by both of us: I wrote the second verse.»
«And further work in our duo was built on a similar mechanism: the entire song production factory was maximally collaborative. All post-production was also on me: I paid for all stages of song and video creation up until 2019.»
The friends didn't have a contract because they felt like "sisters." But Navitskaya proposed registering the rights to the original songs at the National Center for Intellectual Property — where they are listed as full co-authors, so all money from track distribution is split equally. The same scheme was approved for income from other projects.
«Lera lived with me and didn't work. The entire atmosphere in which she created her songs was maximally comfortable and safe; she didn't have to run to additional jobs and part-time gigs every day. She had everything to pursue music and blogging. She arrived in 2016, and by 2019, she already had "Disneyland": cool collaborations and advertising offers… And at the end of 2025, she comes to the idea that she could have achieved everything herself, and she doesn't just want to review the conditions, but wants to break everything off and take everything for herself — even what is mine.»
Yaskevich considers the creation of her "rags to riches" image offensive, because, according to her, Ania noticed her already "not as an empty girl," but with 100 thousand subscribers on Instagram and 20 thousand on YouTube.
«Moreover, on the second day after moving to Minsk, Ania took me to an audition for backing vocals at the Bagema karaoke bar. For night shifts at 17 years old. And then I worked there in a cover duo on summer terraces — the money earned was shared between us.»
Due to the inability to agree privately, the producer offered her former protégée professional mediation, but, according to her, Lera Yaskevich rejected the offer.
«I also suggested she sign an agreement where we would settle all matters — no response. She simply unilaterally decided to delete all tracks and shift responsibility onto me. But I am against deleting the tracks,» Navitskaya concludes.
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