{"id":461716,"date":"2018-02-05T22:30:18","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T22:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/i-didnt-steal-my-confusion-song-kwami-eugene\/"},"modified":"2018-02-05T22:30:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T22:30:18","slug":"i-didnt-steal-my-confusion-song-kwami-eugene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/i-didnt-steal-my-confusion-song-kwami-eugene\/","title":{"rendered":"I didn\u2019t steal my &#8216;Confusion&#8217; song &#8211; Kwami Eugene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Monday,  5 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>sammykaymedia.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/25217010.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kuami Eugene Steal\" title=\"Kuami Eugene Steal\" width=\"295\" height=\"307\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kuami Eugene<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817981905\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817981905\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517869818_748_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> \u201dAngela\u201d hit maker, Kwami Eugene has refuted claims that he stole and sampled his recent hit song \u201cConfusion\u201d from one Malian Musician who is known as Sidiki Diabat\u00e9 who released the same version of the song back in 2015 and has garnered more than 15 million views on Youtube.<\/p>\n<p>In an Interview with Abeiku Santana on Accra based radio station, Okay FM, Kwami Eugene answering questions on the theft accusation claim said, he took an inspiration from three musicians to compose the song \u201cConfusion\u201d which has harvested more than 315,000 views on Youtbe in 4 days after release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhanaians must note the fact that, my song has the feel of Kojo Antwi\u2019s \u201cDadie Anoma\u201d, Daddy Lumba and also an inspiration from Sidiki Diabat\u00e9 song \u2018Fais moi Confiance\u2018, so I didn\u2019t steal the song, I only took an inspiration from them and credited all of them in the song, that is the definition of creativity\u2026\u2026..the \u201cEbeyeyie hit maker stated.<\/p>\n<p>Kwami Eugene also argued that, \u201cEbony took an inspiration from Daddy Lumba\u2019s song \u201cPoison\u201d and composed  her hit song \u201cpoison as well as Nigeria\u2019s Wizkid also sampled VIP\u2019s \u201cAhomka Womu\u201d and came out with \u201cManya\u201d, but that doesn\u2019t mean they stole the songs , they only paying respects to the legends\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Pushed further, Kwami Eugene added that,\u201cSidiki Diabat\u00e9\u2019s song gathering more than 15m views on Youtube has nothing to do with why I feed on the song, it was just an inspiration feeding on the vibes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me what really makes an artist is researching to be able to give your fans variety of music and that is why Kojo Antwi releases highlife today and reggae tomorrow because Ghanaians gets fed up with one stuff, however, picking a vibe from Kojo Antwi, Daddy Lumba  and Malian artist enriches the song and gives the song a Mailan feel as well as Ghanaian feel, but at the end of the day, the song is a highlife song and that is why I credited them by writing highlife music to the world\u2026he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>The production team for Okay FM drive time show, \u201cEkwanso Dwoodwoo\u201d revealed that, speaking to the manager for Sidiki Diabat\u00e9 off air, he tranquilly said he has no idea of the song been sampled or stolen by a musician in Ghana called  Kuami Eugene, hence it was a breaking news to him.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g2R0V-TgBY4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; 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