In an interview
with Saturday Beats, dancehall act, Blackface has addressed the calling
out of wizkid in his latest single, Killa saying wizkid is a thief and
he has actually been stealing his songs since 2010. He said when people
heard his new single Killa, they said he sounded like wizkid and he
didn’t like it, but that was because wizkid was studying his 2010 album
and was stealing from it.
Blackface said
long before now, Wizkid followed him on Twitter and he expressed his
mind to him, but shortly after that, he unfollowed him and that left him
shocked. He also said wizkid’s Ojuelegba song and a track on his
Dancehall Business Album released in 2010 was nothing but the same and
eople can even go ahead to confirm. This is not the first time a
colleague will be accusing wizkid of theft. Dammy Krane recently brought
the same allegation against him and they went into a brawl.
“I never really
wanted to talk about it all this while but after people started
checking out my new song, Killa, many felt Blackface sounded like
Wizkid, which I didn’t like.
“If you check
properly, you would realise that Wizkid’s hit, Ojuelegba, sounds exactly
the same as the track 13 on my dancehall album released as far back as
2010. You need to listen to that album to know what I am talking about.
The song is so similar that I think it shouldn’t be that way.
“Well, in
Killa, I sang that “they tried to copy my melody,” and the bloggers got a
hint of the gist and put their reports out. What I said is the truth
and I am going to get to the root of this matter because I deserve
justice.
“The Ojuelegba
song has made so much revenue for Wizkid. I am not bothered about that
but I want the industry to be in a position whereby people will
understand that some of the artistes and the songs they are cheering is
someone else’s efforts, especially fellow artistes that they are doing
everything to bring down. All they are doing is to bring down Blackface
and to say that he is not relevant in the industry. Some people are bent
on killing my legacy. I believe there is definitely a gang-up against
me in the industry and this has been going on for a long time.
“There was a
time Wizkid followed me on twitter and I told him that I don’t want him
taking my songs and that if he wants to do any of my rhythm, he should
let me know. I told him that because I was just being a big brother to
him. I told him that our songs can’t be sounding so similar and that if
he wants anything, he should let me know. But after some time, he
‘unfollowed’ me and it was shortly after then that the Ojuelegba song
was released. I don’t have any problem with Wizkid or any other person,
all I am saying is that they shouldn’t be tampering with my songs
because those are my properties.
“Wizkid and I
do different kinds of music and he doesn’t have my type of skill. I
don’t have a problem with that. I am only bothered when somebody takes
my song and tries to turn it around into theirs without giving me due
credit,” he said.
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