{"id":59547,"date":"2023-04-20T01:14:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T01:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/20\/you-never-paid-a-dime-for-any-of-my-works-mantse-to-obrafour\/"},"modified":"2023-04-20T01:14:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T01:14:22","slug":"you-never-paid-a-dime-for-any-of-my-works-mantse-to-obrafour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/20\/you-never-paid-a-dime-for-any-of-my-works-mantse-to-obrafour\/","title":{"rendered":"You never paid a dime for any of my works – Mantse to Obrafour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ghanaian voice actor, Mantse Aryeequaye is unhappy that Obrafour did not acknowledge him as a right owner of the \u2018Oye Ohene\u2019 remix in his suit against Canadian rapper Drake.<\/p>\n

Mantse who used to do a lot of voice-over chants for artistes who recorded their songs with beat maker Hammer in the past, has taken to Twitter to vent his displeasure at Obrafour for claiming the sole right of the intro he did on the remix of \u2018Oye Ohene.\u2019<\/p>\n

Obrafour, through a court in the United States of America, has taken the Canadian rapper to court for using the phrase \u201ckiller cut, blood, killer cut\u201d which was delivered by Mantse Aryeequaye. He is suing Drake for $10 million for sampling that particular sound for his song \u2018Calling My Name\u2019 without permission.<\/p>\n

However, in a thread on Accradotalt Twitter page, Nii Mantse Aryeequaye, also the co-founder of the Chalewote Street Art Festival, has expressed his disappointment in Obrafour for claiming ownership of his intellectual property while he had not paid him for all the works he had did for him in the past 20 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cHi Mike @iamobrafour I\u2019m 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\u2019ve never paid a dime for any of my works on your songs over the last 20yrs,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n

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Hi Mike @iamobrafour<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n

\u2014 #ChaleWote2023 (@Accradotalt) April 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

He indicated that he is the right owner of the \u201ckiller cut\u201d sound that Obrafour is suing Drake for.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cHello @RobertFreundLaw. The intellectual property more specifically the \u2018KILLER CUT\u2019 sound which was sampled by @Drake in the track \u201cCalling My Name\u201d\u00a0\u00a0belongs to Mantse Aryeequaye and not to @iamobrafour,\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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2. @Drake<\/a> Rights to the said ‘KILLER CUT\u2019 sound were never relinquished to @IamObrafuor and was used
by Edward Nana Poku Osei aka Hamma, Producer of Obrafuors album on Obrafuor\u2019s song
as he did with others.<\/p>\n

\u2014 #ChaleWote2023 (@Accradotalt) April 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

According to Nii Mantse, the \u201crights to the said \u2018KILLER CUT\u2019 sound were never relinquished to @IamObrafuor and was used by Edward Nana Poku Osei aka Hamma, Producer of Obrafuor\u2019s album on Obrafuor\u2019s song as he did with others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mentioning Drake in his tweets, he also intimated that: \u201cI Mantse Aryeequaye maintain my intellectual property rights and claim over all my artistic works including the \u201cKiller Cut\u201d sound you sampled off \u201cOye Ohene\u201d remix\u00a0\u00a0used on Obrafuor\u2019s album.<\/p>\n

This is to confirm\u00a0\u00a0I [Mantse Aryeequaye]\u00a0insist that although @IamObrafuor has interest in the matter, he is not the owner of the right, and cannot\u00a0assert it, definitely not alone, or make any demands for sole compensation for its use,\u201d he further noted.<\/p>\n

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4. @Drake<\/a> This is to confirm I [Mantse Aryeequaye] insist that
although @IamObrafuor has interest in the matter, he is not the owner of the right, and cannot
assert it, definitely not alone, or make any demands for sole compensation for its use.<\/p>\n

\u2014 #ChaleWote2023 (@Accradotalt) April 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

He, therefore, directed that Drake contacts his lawyers before he goes ahead to deal with Obrafour.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish to convey firmly\u00a0as owner of the right and request that you consult my\u00a0\u00a0lawyer Kofi Bentil kbentil@lexpraxis.net before you take any steps regarding claims for compensation for the use of the intellectual property of\u00a0\u00a0Mantse Aryeequaye. You\u2019ve been notified.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Obrafour is yet to respond to Mantse Aryeequaye\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n

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