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Nigerian hitmakers, Davido and Small Doctor have been accused of copyright
infringement.
King Sunny Ade’s manager, Mr
Clement Ige reportedly called out the duo for using lyrics from veteran Juju
musician’s songs without seeking for the permission to do so.
Ige expressed his
dissatisfaction towards the action of the singers, using lyrics from KSA’s
songs in their hit songs and not even giving credit to the original owner of
the lyrics.
Speaking at
Goldberg’s Ariya Repete Roundtable discourse in Abeokuta, the manager revealed
that young generation singers are not doing things the right way.
He
added that their songs lyrics are filled with jargon that make no literal
sense.
He said;
“They use English
language to speak Yoruba. Like the young man who sang ‘makole marale.’ How do
you build house before buying a land?
“Many of them don’t
give credit to the original composer of the song they adopt.
“They just sing it
without seeking permission. That’s a copyright infringement. It’s not done in
developed societies.
“Till today, Small
Doctor didn’t get our permission before and after singing ‘ijó tí m’ojó l’àná,
tí wọn n’pariwo, oni nkọ, ola nkọ.’
“And many of them
are guilty of this.
“The Davido that
used Sunny’s lyrics in his song didn’t even get it right and that’s because he
didn’t ask for permission.
“If he did, we
would have corrected him. What is ‘Kuluso ewe, agbagba ewe…?’
“The line is
actually ‘Seleru agbo, agbara agbo’.
“I know because I co-wrote
the song!”
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