– Blackface alleges 2Baba stole his song
– Blackface threatens to sue 2Baba
– 2Baba’s manager says Blackface co-
authors songs with 2Baba
2Baba
After Blackface’s allegations that 2Baba
stole his song Let Somebody Love You and
threatened to take him to court. He also
claimed 2Baba wanted him dead so he can
appropriate all his songs.
2Baba’s manager Efe Omorogbe has
responded to the accusations hurled at the
Hypertek Digital label boss by former group
mate Blackface. He said that Blackface did
co-author songs with 2Baba, but he is given
full credit and paid royalties, if the songs are
used.
Efe Omorogbe
Read the full note:
“When my attention was drawn to Blackface’s
twitter rant about the “theft” of his songs by
his ex-band mate 2Baba, my initial reaction
was to ignore what I perceived as an obvious
marketing gimmick for his new single. The
reaction from a vast majority of people on
social media who read about the allegations
was evidence that the ploy had backfired.
Blackface’s press interviews since the twitter
rant has made it necessary for me to present
the flip side and set the records straight.
2Baba and Blackface do have a bunch of
songs they co-wrote in their days as
Plantashun Boiz.
Both artistes have collectively and individually
recorded and commercially released materials
from this collection.
2Baba has always given Blackface (Austin
Ahmedu) co-writing credit every time he
recorded any song that has Blackface’s input
– No matter how minimal.
Blackface has neither given 2Baba (Innocent
Idibia) co-writing credit nor sought
“permission” to record any of the materials
they jointly authored.
Blackface has earned royalties off his shared
publishing rights for about a decade.
A huge chunk of income he has made derives
from royalties earned by the commercial
exploitation of the successesful materials
performed/recorded by 2Baba.
2Baba did not and couldn’t have stolen “Let
Somebody Love You” from Blackface. The
song was released about 2 years ago.
Blackface complained about his name being
misspelt on the CD sleeve and we personally
apologised to him.
Yes. Blackface contributed to the writing of the
first verse of the song. The second verse was
entirely 2Baba. Bridget Kelly wrote her verse
and Efe Omorogbe wrote the outro verse.
Efe Omorogbe is not 2Baba’s manager on “Let
Somebody Love You” but a co-writer.
The outro verse was lifted from the song
“How?” written in 1997 and recorded in 1999
at Dolphin studios, Surulere. Blackface didn’t
write that bit. Couldn’t have written that bit.
Blackface cannot in 2016, touch Efe
Omorogbe’s writing from 1997.
Blackface should be honoured to have shared
co-writing credit with 2Baba. I am. For each
and every song we have collaborated on.
Blackface should be grateful 2Baba recorded
their co-authored materials to ensure a
lifetime of royalty income for him.
Blackface should record and release his own
version of “Let Somebody Love You” and keep
100% publishing on that version. Oops! 2Baba
will still be entitled to a share.
Blackface is not in 2Baba’s league as a
songwriter. Their post-Plantashun Boiz’
catalogs speak for themselves.
Blackface should go to court to seek redress if
he indeed believes he has a case.
Blackface should know that nobody ever
secured a court judgement via a twitter rant or
media tour.
Blackface must have realised by now that the
unfortunate tirade has not made “Killa” a hit.
At least, not at the moment.
We grind our way to the results we seek bro.
Just HARDwork. No short cuts!
– Efe Omorogbe”
– Blackface threatens to sue 2Baba
– 2Baba’s manager says Blackface co-
authors songs with 2Baba
2Baba
After Blackface’s allegations that 2Baba
stole his song Let Somebody Love You and
threatened to take him to court. He also
claimed 2Baba wanted him dead so he can
appropriate all his songs.
2Baba’s manager Efe Omorogbe has
responded to the accusations hurled at the
Hypertek Digital label boss by former group
mate Blackface. He said that Blackface did
co-author songs with 2Baba, but he is given
full credit and paid royalties, if the songs are
used.
Efe Omorogbe
Read the full note:
“When my attention was drawn to Blackface’s
twitter rant about the “theft” of his songs by
his ex-band mate 2Baba, my initial reaction
was to ignore what I perceived as an obvious
marketing gimmick for his new single. The
reaction from a vast majority of people on
social media who read about the allegations
was evidence that the ploy had backfired.
Blackface’s press interviews since the twitter
rant has made it necessary for me to present
the flip side and set the records straight.
2Baba and Blackface do have a bunch of
songs they co-wrote in their days as
Plantashun Boiz.
Both artistes have collectively and individually
recorded and commercially released materials
from this collection.
2Baba has always given Blackface (Austin
Ahmedu) co-writing credit every time he
recorded any song that has Blackface’s input
– No matter how minimal.
Blackface has neither given 2Baba (Innocent
Idibia) co-writing credit nor sought
“permission” to record any of the materials
they jointly authored.
Blackface has earned royalties off his shared
publishing rights for about a decade.
A huge chunk of income he has made derives
from royalties earned by the commercial
exploitation of the successesful materials
performed/recorded by 2Baba.
2Baba did not and couldn’t have stolen “Let
Somebody Love You” from Blackface. The
song was released about 2 years ago.
Blackface complained about his name being
misspelt on the CD sleeve and we personally
apologised to him.
Yes. Blackface contributed to the writing of the
first verse of the song. The second verse was
entirely 2Baba. Bridget Kelly wrote her verse
and Efe Omorogbe wrote the outro verse.
Efe Omorogbe is not 2Baba’s manager on “Let
Somebody Love You” but a co-writer.
The outro verse was lifted from the song
“How?” written in 1997 and recorded in 1999
at Dolphin studios, Surulere. Blackface didn’t
write that bit. Couldn’t have written that bit.
Blackface cannot in 2016, touch Efe
Omorogbe’s writing from 1997.
Blackface should be honoured to have shared
co-writing credit with 2Baba. I am. For each
and every song we have collaborated on.
Blackface should be grateful 2Baba recorded
their co-authored materials to ensure a
lifetime of royalty income for him.
Blackface should record and release his own
version of “Let Somebody Love You” and keep
100% publishing on that version. Oops! 2Baba
will still be entitled to a share.
Blackface is not in 2Baba’s league as a
songwriter. Their post-Plantashun Boiz’
catalogs speak for themselves.
Blackface should go to court to seek redress if
he indeed believes he has a case.
Blackface should know that nobody ever
secured a court judgement via a twitter rant or
media tour.
Blackface must have realised by now that the
unfortunate tirade has not made “Killa” a hit.
At least, not at the moment.
We grind our way to the results we seek bro.
Just HARDwork. No short cuts!
– Efe Omorogbe”
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