The issue of copyright
ownership of a material is it a script, a song, a beat, a verse line, a
concept, a dance step, has been a major challenge in the entertainment
industry especially the music industry everywhere in the world. To be
honest, it is even worst here in Nigeria since there are no strict laws
protecting intellectual property, discovery and development.
GospelOnDeBeatz made major headlines few days back on the recently released video of the song “Celebrate” featuring our Burna Boy. Sure, if you’re a Burna Boy follower, you will know that this guy has got everything going for him musically. GospelOnDeBeatz is an ace-producer based in the Federal Capital City, Abuja who has worked with a lot budding musicians most notably ‘All of you’ for Davido.
In June of 2013, a song was released on the internet with the tag; ‘BURNA BOY – CELEBRATE [produced by GOSPEL ONDEBEAT]‘…fans of Burna boy were excited. When Burna Boy’s LIFE album came out, the song was conspicuously missing. Unknowingly, the song actually belonged to producer; Gospel.
On the 11th of September, the video to the song ‘Celebrate’ was released online and the tag ‘GOSPEL ON DEBEAT ft BURNA BOY’….few hours later the video had been taken down from youtube due to unknown reason.
HipHopWorld Online put a call to Gospel who immediately turned off his phone after hearing the ‘What happened with you and Burna Boy video’ question put to him. More calls to him proved futile as his phone had been switched off. Our correspondent later got an anonymous call from a member of Gospel’s team who narrated and explained the situation and why the video had been taken down.
“The video was taken down by Burna Boy’s management…” he said…“…They said Gospel breached a contract..”
ff@blazytune for more updates
GospelOnDeBeatz made major headlines few days back on the recently released video of the song “Celebrate” featuring our Burna Boy. Sure, if you’re a Burna Boy follower, you will know that this guy has got everything going for him musically. GospelOnDeBeatz is an ace-producer based in the Federal Capital City, Abuja who has worked with a lot budding musicians most notably ‘All of you’ for Davido.
In June of 2013, a song was released on the internet with the tag; ‘BURNA BOY – CELEBRATE [produced by GOSPEL ONDEBEAT]‘…fans of Burna boy were excited. When Burna Boy’s LIFE album came out, the song was conspicuously missing. Unknowingly, the song actually belonged to producer; Gospel.
On the 11th of September, the video to the song ‘Celebrate’ was released online and the tag ‘GOSPEL ON DEBEAT ft BURNA BOY’….few hours later the video had been taken down from youtube due to unknown reason.
HipHopWorld Online put a call to Gospel who immediately turned off his phone after hearing the ‘What happened with you and Burna Boy video’ question put to him. More calls to him proved futile as his phone had been switched off. Our correspondent later got an anonymous call from a member of Gospel’s team who narrated and explained the situation and why the video had been taken down.
“The video was taken down by Burna Boy’s management…” he said…“…They said Gospel breached a contract..”
ff@blazytune for more updates
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