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Mantse Aryeequaye, the man whose voice chanted the phrase \u201cKilla cut blood\u201d on Obrafour\u2019s \u201cOye Ohene\u201d remix hit song is claiming ownership of the chant against Obrafour\u2019s decision to sue Canadian rapper Drake for sampling the voice for his \u2018Calling My Name\u2019 track off his 2022 \u2018Honestly Nevermind\u2019 album.<\/p>\n
The Legendary rapper sued Drake for $10 million, after Drake sampled his song on his track, Calling My Name.<\/p>\n
He accused Drake of sampling his song without his permission. He sued in a New York court indicating Drake infringed on his copyright when he sampled his song without permission.<\/p>\n
The \u201cOye Ohene\u201d remix is a 2003 classic off Obrafour\u2019s Ntete Pa album. The part of the song sampled by Drake was sung by Mantse Aryeequaye as an opener to the track.<\/p>\n
In a series of tweets directed at Drake, Mantse suggested he is the sole owner of the phrase \u2018Killa cut blood\u2019 on Obrafour\u2019s \u2018Oye Ohene\u2019 remix.<\/p>\n
He stated that he did not relinquish his rights to Obrafour and Da\u2019 Hammer, producer of the track and thus not only can Obrafour not claim sole ownership of the sample but he also cannot be given sole compensation.<\/p>\n
\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 used on Obrafuor\u2019s album My lawyer Kofi Bentil esq. of Lex Praxis Incorporated kbentil@lexpraxis.net who is pursuing this matter has informed me of a lawsuit against you solely in the name of @IamObrafuor,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is to confirm I [Mantse Aryeequaye] insist that although @IamObrafuor has an 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,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
He stated that he was disappointed in Obrafour for seeking sole compensation adding \u201cwould 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<\/p>\n
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\u00a0 Mantse Aryeequaye, the man whose voice chanted the phrase \u201cKilla cut blood\u201d on Obrafour\u2019s \u201cOye Ohene\u201d remix hit song is claiming ownership of the chant against Obrafour\u2019s decision to sue Canadian rapper Drake for sampling the voice for his \u2018Calling My Name\u2019 track off his 2022 \u2018Honestly Nevermind\u2019 album. The Legendary rapper sued Drake […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59924,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"\n
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