Ghanaian musician Obrafour is dragging Canadian rapper Drake to court over the unauthorised use of his song.
In music, sampling is a common concept as artists borrow from the works of others to uplift their art. To legitimately borrow, one must take permission and the absence of such permission amounts to a copyright breach.
Ghanaian musician Obrafour is suing megastar rapper Drake for the rapper's decision to sample his song without his permission. Drake sampled Obrafour's 'Oye Ohene' remix in the 'Calling My Name' off Drake's 'Honestly, Nevermind' album released in 2022.
According to the Ghanaian legend, Drake had earlier sought permission which was denied but the rapper nevertheless went forward with the sampling.
Copyright infringement is becoming a more common phenomenon in music as digitalization is making it easier for artists to flag similarities.
Recently, Puff Diddy clarified that he pays Sting $2,000 a day for illegally sampling his record 'Every Breath You Take' on his hit tribute to Notorious BIG 'Missing You.'
Robin Thicke and Pharell William were asked by the court to pay Marvin Gaye's estate up to $5 million dollars as the penalty for sampling the deceased's 'Got to Give It Up' on their hit single 'Blurred Lines.'
In Nigeria, we have also seen cases of copyright infringement with Danny Young taking Tiwa Savage for sampling his song 'Oju Ti Ti Won'.
Recently Tempoe also took Asa and P.Prime to court for copyright infringement while the single also filed a separate suit against Tempoe and Joeboy for copyright breach.
With the mouth-watering settlement that accrues from copyright breach, Obrafour might be in for a big payday should he convince the court.
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