{"id":767638,"date":"2019-12-18T16:58:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T16:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/18\/wizkid-in-trouble-as-tic-finally-sues-him-over-song-theft\/"},"modified":"2019-12-18T16:58:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T16:58:24","slug":"wizkid-in-trouble-as-tic-finally-sues-him-over-song-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/18\/wizkid-in-trouble-as-tic-finally-sues-him-over-song-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizkid in trouble as Tic finally sues him over song theft \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"td_uid_16_5dfa5aae8ab91\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ghbase-3-by250mobile --><\/p>\n<p>After threatening to sue Nigerian superstar Wizkid for stealing his song, veteran Ghanaian rapper, Tic, formerly Tic Tac has acted upon his word.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday Tic made it known in an interview with Andy Dosty that he will be dragging Nigerian superstar, Wizkid to court over copyright infringement.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tic, the Nigerian singer sampled his 2004 hit song \u2018Fefe Ne Efe\u2019 in his verse on DJ Tunez\u2019s song titled \u2018Gbese\u2019 without giving him the necessary credit.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- Responsive Link Ads --><\/p>\n<p>In court documents sighted online, it appears Tic and Tony Tetuila even sued Wizkid in August 2019 but Wizkid and his team refused to sort things out with them.<\/p>\n<p>Per the court documents, Tic and Tony Tetuila are <em><strong>\u201cjointly seeking damages worth millions of naira, 35% of revenues accrued from \u2018Gbese\u2019\u201d.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>See the court documents below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72757\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tic-wizkid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"870\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.8.8 --><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72758\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tic-wizkid-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"850\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72759\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tic-wizkid-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"849\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-72760\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/tic-wizkid-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"870\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211; 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