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<\/div>\nProlific Ghanaian rapper, Obrafuor has sued American rapper, Drake for copyright infringement.<\/p>\n
According to details of the suit that has been shared online via the District Court of Southern District of New York, Obrafour is suing Drake\u00a0for sampling \u00a0his \u201cOye Ohene (Remix)\u201d in his song \u201cCalling My Name.\u201d<\/p>\n
Details of the suit suggest that Drake had sought permission to sample the song via email but the email was never responded to. He, however, went ahead to release the track which was featured in an album days later.<\/p>\n
\u201cObrafour had not yet responded to the June 8, 2022 Clearance Email or the follow-up June 13, 2022 Clearance Email at the point when Drake\u2019s \u201cHonestly, Nevermind\u201d album was released on June 17, 2022. Nonetheless, the Infringing Work is one of the songs appearing on the\u00a0\u201cHonestly, Nevermind\u201d album, as released to the world by \u2018surprise\u2019 on June 17, 2022,\u201d the suit reads.<\/p>\n
Based on the success of the song which was on Drake\u2019s highly published, \u201cHonestly, Nevermind\u201d album,\u00a0Obrafour is asking for $10,000,000 as compensation.<\/p>\n
\u201cObrafour sues for copyright infringement under the Copyright Act and seeks all remedies afforded to him thereunder, including preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, monetary damages, including but not limited to, actual damages, profits directly and indirectly attributable to from Defendants\u2019 infringing conduct, statutory damages under the Copyright Act in the sum of up to $150,000.00 per infringement where such infringement commenced after the Copyrighted Work was registered with the United States Copyright Office, and other economic relief,\u201d part of the suit reads.<\/p>\n
See full suit here<\/p>\n
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