Filmmaker and organizer of the Chale Wote’ festival in Ghana, Mantse Aryeequaye, has made a damning revelation concerning the Obrafour-Drake copyright infringement issue.
According to him, the “Killer Cut” sound which was sampled in Drake’s song is his intellectual property and does not belong to Obrafour.
“Hello @Drake the intellectual property more specifically the ‘KILLER CUT’ sound which was sampled in your song “Calling My Name” belongs to me Mantse Aryeequaye and not to @IamObrafuo,” he wrote on Twitter.
Hello @Drake the intellectual property more specifically the 'KILLER CUT’ sound which was sampled in your song "Calling My Name" belongs to me Mantse Aryeequaye and not to @IamObrafuo.
— #ChaleWote2024 (@Accradotalt) April 19, 2023
Also, Mantse claimed that Obrafour has never paid him any money for any of the works he has done for him for the past years now, and added that he did not relinquish his rights to Obrafour and Da’ Hammer, who is the producer of the track, and thus not only Obrafour can claim sole ownership of the sample.
“Hi Mike @iamobrafour I’m disappointed at your actions. Would be good to tell the public the truth about this matter, or I will be forced to lay out how you’ve never paid a dime for any of my works on your songs over the last 20yrs.
Hi Mike @iamobrafour I'm disappointed at your actions. Would be good to tell the public the truth about this matter or I will be forced to lay out how you've never paid a dime for any of my works on your songs over the last 20yrs.
— #ChaleWote2024 (@Accradotalt) April 19, 2023
2. @Drake Rights to the said 'KILLER CUT’ sound were never relinquished to @IamObrafuor and was used
by Edward Nana Poku Osei aka Hamma, Producer of Obrafuors album on Obrafuor’s song
as he did with others.— #ChaleWote2024 (@Accradotalt) April 19, 2023
This comes after news broke out that Obrafour had filed a law suit against Canadian rapper, Drake for sampling his song without his permission.
Obrafour in his law suit, demanded to be compensated $10 million in damages for copyright infringement.
