{"id":73693,"date":"2023-06-05T22:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T22:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/05\/why-wendy-shay-is-calling-some-artistes-thieves\/"},"modified":"2023-06-05T22:41:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T22:41:01","slug":"why-wendy-shay-is-calling-some-artistes-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/05\/why-wendy-shay-is-calling-some-artistes-thieves\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Wendy Shay is calling some artistes \u201cthieves\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>Ghanaian Afropop artiste signed to RuffTown Records, Wendy Shay, has vented her anger on some musicians who are supposedly stealing her songs.<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post, the <em>Uber Driver <\/em>hit maker indicated that she had experienced situations where after sending files of her songs to some artistes to be featured on, they rather stole portions of her melodies for their songs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou send a song to a GH artiste for a feature. Next thing you know, your melodies are in their new song! This is the second time it\u2019s happened to me\u2026 thieves! Ghanaian artists, wake up!\u201d she wrote on Saturday, June 3, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Supporting her point, rapper Edem also wrote in the comment section:\u00a0\u201cI know the artiste.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/WENDY.webp.webp\" alt=\"Why Wendy Shay is calling some artistes \u201cthieves\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-10032320384 lazy\" width=\"820\" height=\"1097\" title=\"Why Wendy Shay is calling some artistes \u201cthieves\u201d\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is unclear who Wendy Shay is referring to in the post but some have suggested this could be one of the artiste\u2019s usual antics to court attention in the media circles.<\/p>\n<p>There are others who have started hazarding guesses on who she probably is shading in her comment.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, the issue of music theft is one that has become topical in the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of artistes have either called out others who have stolen their songs or have been dragged for infringing on people\u2019s copyright.<\/p>\n<p>In dire situations some have been taken to court for damages.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of Ghanaian rapper Obrafour suing Canadian rapper Drake for sampling a chant in the former\u2019s \u2018Oye Ohene\u2019 remix, is a recent example that lingers on the minds of Ghanaian music enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian Afropop artiste signed to RuffTown Records, Wendy Shay, has vented her anger on some musicians who are supposedly stealing her songs. In a Facebook post, the Uber Driver hit maker indicated that she had experienced situations where after sending files of her songs to some artistes to be featured on, they rather stole portions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":73694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73693","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why Wendy Shay is calling some artistes \u201cthieves\u201d - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/06\/05\/why-wendy-shay-is-calling-some-artistes-thieves\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Wendy Shay is calling some artistes \u201cthieves\u201d - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ghanaian Afropop artiste signed to RuffTown Records, Wendy Shay, has vented her anger on some musicians who are supposedly stealing her songs. 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