Exclusive: I have instituted a law suit against 2face for singing my song, Let sombody love you, without my permission' - Blackface
Former member of the defunct music group, Plantashun Boiz, Ahmedu
Augustine aka Blackface, says he has institued a Lawsuit against
Innocent Idibia aka 2face for allegedly singing his song, Let Somebody
Love You, without his permission. 2face released the song in his album,
Ascension in June 2014.
In an exclusive chat, Blackface says he
wrote the song when he and 2face were still members
of Plantashun Boiz. According to him, he is taking legal action because
2face sand the song without his permission and is now collecting
royalties on the song.
"2face
sang my song, Let Somebody Love You, without my permission. He knows I
have the song when we used to be together and work together. He knows it
is my song because he has other songs as well that I know he had but
its not my song so I can't sing it"he said
On whether there was any contract binding them as regarding which song each of them wrote, Blackface said
"There
was no contract binding us but he knows that it is my song and he knows
that he shouldn't have sang that song without taking permission from me
to sing it just like I told him to sing African Queen because he
wouldn't have sang it without me giving him the permission to sing it".
On
whether he has filed a lawsuit now regarding the matter, Blackface said
yes and that his team and that of 2face have been corresponding.
"Yes.
We have been corresponding with them. They have been replying us and
writing us back. When the media would ask them, they would say nothing
like that. My lawyers have been writing to 2face's people and they have
been replying".
Asked if there is any
evidence to prove that they have indeed being corresponding, Blackface
said yes but says he cannot release them. According to him, 2face and
his manager know that they are guilty and are doing everything to make
him fade away from the music Industry
"They
know they are guilty and they are running away. They just hope that I
fade away with what the Industry is trying to put of Blackface so that
they can claim they are the ones that have the song and be making the
money from it".
Blackface said when they finally go to court, he has evidence to back up his claim that he owns the song
"Of
course I have things to back up my claims but I just can't show them to
you. I would have put them online for people to know that I am not
joking and that I really mean it but there is no need to put it out.
They know what I am talking about. So I don't need to go too far into
that".
Asked what Faze, member of their defunct
group thinks of all of this, Blackface said
"I don't know what his
stance is because Faze is somebody that likes peace. He doesn't like
trouble. He is not happy too but he just can't tell you guys that he is
not happy with what has been happening because the media has a way of
always taking sides. Somebody can be wrong but the media would try to
take sides with the person. Like this issue of taking my song is one of
them. They took my song. Why can't they prove that they didn't take my
song? If you listen to the song, you would see that the second verse of
the song is quite different form the first verse. So he couldn't have
written that song. The reason why I am talking is because all this
things have to stop. It has to stop because if I don't tell them to stop
taking my songs, from next year, they would be going to another of my
songs. I am not doing this because of any kind of problem or because I
hate somebody but the nanager cannot publish my song. Why are they going
to publish my song when they know it is not their song? and they
publish it and keep collecting ringtone money, publishing money, caller
back tones money and digital online sales money. That is really really
wrong without giving the person due credit. That is my stance. It
doesn't matter if we used to know each other before. I know he has other
music that he used to write those days but I can't sing them because
they are not mine. So why is he singing mine without telling me"
Asked what is the name of the chambers where the case was filed, Blackface says he would have to get back to us on that.
We reached out to 2face's manager, Efe Omorege to confirm if indeed there
has been a legal correspondece between their legal team and Blackface's
legal team. Omorege refused to comment on the issue.
"I
don't have any comment to say regarding Blackface. I have absolutely
nothing to say about Blackface. If Lawyers are having a conversation,
then the lawyers should have the conversation. I have absolutely no
comment. I don't even want to mention the word Blackface"he said
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