Veteran Nigerian musician and former member of the defunct Plantashun Boiz, Ahmedu Augustine Obiabo, better known as Blackface, has accused Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Asake of intellectual property theft.
The āGhetto Childā crooner said the trio sampled his songs without his permission.
Blackface made the allegations during a recent interview with Naija FM in Lagos.
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āGingerā by Wizkid and Burna [Boy] is [a sample of] my track āTwist & Turnā; the rhythms, the beat, how the melody starts and ends. Na only the verses dem change,ā he said.
Blackface also accused Asake of sampling his song āIkebe Supaā in āJoha.ā
āAsakeās āJohaā is [a sample of] my song āIkebe Supa.ā I dey inspire them,ā he said.
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The veteran singer said he is not against young artists sampling his songs, but the manner in which they go about it without seeking his permission.
Listen to what he has to say below.
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