Veteran singer, songwriter and ex-member of the defunct Plantashun Boiz, Ahmedu Augustine Obiabo, popularly known as Blackface, has accused Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Asake of intellectual property theft.
According to the ‘Ghetto Child’ singer, the band sampled his songs without his permission.
The accusations were made by Blackface during a recent appearance with Naija FM in Lagos.
“Ginger’ by Wizkid and Burna [Boy] is [a sample of] my track ‘Twist & Turn’; the rhythms, the beat, how the melody starts and ends. Na only the verses dem change,” he said.
Blackface also accused Asake of sampling his song ‘Ikebe Supa’ in ‘Joha.’
“Asake’s ‘Joha’ is [a sample of] my song ‘Ikebe Supa.’ I dey inspire them,” he said.
The veteran singer stated that he is not against young artists sampling his songs, but rather the method in which they do it without his consent.
Visitodell recalls that Blackface and his former band colleague 2Baba were embroiled in a legal tussle for many years of copyrights issue.
