Few days ago, veteran reggae, dance-hall singer and former member of defunct ” Plantashun Boiz ” group Blackface, accused music rockstar Wizkid of stealing his music content style for his monster single ” Ojuelegba ”.
Blackface releases a new track tilted ” Killa ” where he accuses Wizkid of stealing his lines. Veteran musician Blackface did not let the matter goes as he granted an exclusive interview to the Punch newspaper recently, where he said :
‘I never really wanted to talk about it all this while but after people started checking out my new song, Killa, many felt Blackface sounded like Wizkid, which I didn’t like’.
A couple of days ago, music star Wizkid was also accused of stealing music content from Dammy Krane, which later turn to physical altercation between both artistes at the Quilox Night Club in Lagos.
He further says;
‘If you check properly, you would realise that Wizkid’s hit, Ojuelegba, sounds exactly the same as the track 13 on my dancehall album released as far back as 2010. You need to listen to that album to know what I am talking about. The song is so similar that I think it shouldn’t be that way. Well, in Killa, I sang that “they tried to copy my melody,” and the bloggers got a hint of the gist and put their reports out. What I said is the truth and I am going to get to the root of this matter because I deserve justice’.
‘The Ojuelegba song has made so much revenue for Wizkid. I am not bothered about that but I want the industry to be in a position whereby people will understand that some of the artistes and the songs they are cheering is someone else’s efforts, especially fellow artistes that they are doing everything to bring down. All they are doing is to bring down Blackface and to say that he is not relevant in the industry. Some people are bent on killing my legacy. I believe there is definitely a gang-up against me in the industry and this has been going on for a long time,” he said.
Blackface further disclosed that he could seek legal redress if Wizkid or others do not refrain from stealing his intellectual properties, ‘There was a time Wizkid followed me on twitter and I told him that I don’t want him taking my songs and that if he wants to do any of my rhythm, he should let me know. I told him that because I was just being a big brother to him. I told him that our songs can’t be sounding so similar and that if he wants anything, he should let me know. But after some time, he ‘unfollowed’ me and it was shortly after then that theOjuelegba song was released. I don’t have any problem with Wizkid or any other person, all I am saying is that they shouldn’t be tampering with my songs because those are my properties’ he said.