Wizkid accused of stealing again( Read full details)

Starboy act, Wizkid has landed another song theft
accusation in the space of two weeks from another
artiste following a similar clash with singer, Dammy
Krane.

The latest one comes from veteran dancehall act
and a former member of the defunct Afro-pop
singing trio, Plantashun Boyz, Ahmedu Augustine,
widely known as Blackface.

According to him, the popular hit tune, Ojuelegba
by the singer was jacked from one from of his
songs entitled, Killa off his 2010 Dancehall
Business album.

“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,”
Blackface alleged in an interview with Punch.

“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.

“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 the Ojuelegba 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.

“Wizkid and I do different kinds of music and he
doesn’t have my type of skill. I don’t have a
problem with that. I am only bothered when
somebody takes my song and tries to turn it around
into theirs without giving me due credit,” he said.